Shoshone

American  

[shoh-shoh-nee] / ʃoʊˈʃoʊ ni /

Also Shoshoni

noun

PLURAL

Shoshones

PLURAL

Shoshone

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.

3. the language or languages of the Shoshone.

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Shoshone British  

/ ʃəʊˈʃəʊnɪ /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Shoshone

An Americanism dating back to 1805; < an Eastern Shoshone band name

Example Sentences

Once it had so many springs, streams and wetlands that the Paiute and Shoshone people called their homeland Payahuunadü, “the land of flowing water.”

From Los Angeles Times

Another focus is the history of Indigenous people, the Paiute and Shoshone, who decades before L.A.’s water grab saw their ancestral lands taken and occupied by white settlers.

From Los Angeles Times

“The goal is to commemorate what happened there to protect the memory of that place,” said Warren Graham, the Duckwater Shoshone chairman.

From Seattle Times

Thursday, the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on social media.

From Seattle Times

The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office said a search and rescue effort was underway with help from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S.

From Seattle Times