Shoshoni

[shoh-shoh-nee]

noun, plural Sho·sho·nis, (especially collectively) Sho·sho·ni.

Shoshone(defs 2, 3).

Shoshone

[shoh-shoh-nee]

noun, plural Sho·sho·nes, (especially collectively) Sho·sho·ne for 2.

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.

Also Sho·sho·ni (for defs 2, 3).

Origin of Shoshone

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

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Examples from the Web for shoshoni

Contemporary Examples of shoshoni

Organized Chaos is in full effect here too, and the JV Chiefs literally run roughshod over Shoshoni.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own
Robert Silverman
August 31, 2014

Historical Examples of shoshoni

She cares nothing for the Shoshoni, and she wants to realize on this mine.
They of the High Trails
Hamlin Garland
Up in the Shoshoni Cove they found a good many, first and last.
The Young Alaskans on the Missouri
Emerson Hough
For the Snake (Shoshoni) Indians, see our volume v, p. 227, note 123.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXX
Joel Palmer
It was largely civil and consisted of four or five middle-aged men, Bannock or Shoshoni, who had a civic spirit.
Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society
Robert F. Murphy
It is remarked in Gallatin's paper that there were certain coincidences between the Netela and the Shoshoni.
Opuscula
Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for shoshoni

Shoshone

Shoshoni

noun

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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Word Origin and History for shoshoni

Shoshone

Uto-Aztecan people of the Great Basin; the name is of unknown origin, first applied 19c. to eastern Shoshonis of Wyoming. Related: Shoshonean.