bellagonna
adj.— «We have talked to the bellagonna (which translates as non-Navajo) manager who says they’re still working towards a waiver to avoid changes.» —“Navajo culture is scorned by Hilton Hotels” by Shirley Rose Higgins Royal Gazette (Hamilton, Bermuda) Mar. 31, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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