Shoshoni
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
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 OwnRobert 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 TrailsHamlin Garland
Up in the Shoshoni Cove they found a good many, first and last.
The Young Alaskans on the MissouriEmerson Hough
For the Snake (Shoshoni) Indians, see our volume v, p. 227, note 123.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXXJoel 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 SocietyRobert F. Murphy
It is remarked in Gallatin's paper that there were certain coincidences between the Netela and the Shoshoni.
OpusculaRobert Gordon Latham
Shoshone
Shoshoni
- 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
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.