Shoshone

[ shoh-shoh-nee ]

noun,plural Sho·sho·nes, (especially collectively) Sho·sho·ne for 2.
  1. a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Big Horn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.

  2. a member of any of several Numic-speaking peoples of California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.

  1. the language or languages of the Shoshone.

Origin of Shoshone

1
An Americanism dating back to 1805; < an Eastern Shoshone band name
  • Also Sho·sho·ni (for defs. 2, 3) .

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British Dictionary definitions for Shoshone

Shoshone

Shoshoni

/ (ʃəʊˈʃəʊnɪ) /


noun
  1. plural -nes, -ne, -nis or -ni a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern US, related to the Aztecs

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family

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