hogan

noun

hogan

noun

US /ˈhoʊ.ɡən/

Etymology Borrowed from Navajo hooghan (“dwelling, house”).

1

A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.

  • The wives of warriors were under strict instructions not to leave their hogans until the men had returned, hopefully successful, from their martial adventures abroad […].2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 27:
Related terms
igloo, teepee, tupik, wetu, wickiup, wigwam, hogan-mogan

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