Shoshone
a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Big Horn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
a member of any of several Numic-speaking peoples of California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
the language or languages of the Shoshone.
Origin of Shoshone
1- Also Sho·sho·ni (for defs. 2, 3) .
Words Nearby Shoshone
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How to use Shoshone in a sentence
On November 4, the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock tribes announced their opposition to Yellowstone delisting.
“So if Cliven Bundy wishes to pay taxes or grazing fees—he should pay it to the Shoshone,” she writes.
How Cliven Bundy and the Land Rights Movement Screws Native Americans | Caitlin Dickson | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe desert on the opposite side of the Shoshone was level and unbroken.
The Fire People | Ray CummingsAfter many days of wolfish travel he saw signs of the vicinage of the Shoshone Indians.
The Way of an Indian | Frederic RemingtonThis chief said he had been a Cheyenne in his former life on earth, but had been sent back to be a Shoshone for another life.
The Way of an Indian | Frederic Remington
He painted the women's cheeks with some vermilion paint, which was the Shoshone custom, meaning peace.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. HollandFor, centuries ago a Shoshone and a Comanche stopped here on their return from a hunt to drink.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. Skinner
British Dictionary definitions for Shoshone
Shoshoni
/ (ʃəʊˈʃəʊnɪ) /
plural -nes, -ne, -nis or -ni a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern US, related to the Aztecs
the language of this people, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family
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