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Definition of Shoshone

1. Noun. A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States.

2. Noun. The language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family).

Definition of Shoshone

1. Proper noun. An Amerind ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho. ¹

2. Proper noun. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people. ¹

3. Proper noun. The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. ¹

4. Noun. A member of this people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoshone

Shone's complex Shone's syndrome Shoop Shope fibroma Shope fibroma virus Shope papilloma Shope papilloma virus Shor Shor's algorithm Shore

Shorea Shorea teysmanniana Short's aster Short-eared Dog Shortia galacifolia Shoshone (current term) Shoshonean Shoshonean language Shoshones Shoshoni

Shoshonian Shoshonian language Shostakovich Shotokan Shover Show Me State ShpII metalloprotease ShpI metalloprotease Shraddha Shrapnell

Literary usage of Shoshone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"The six last mentioned do not properly belong to the Shoshone family, but on account of certain faint traces of Aztec, found alike in them and in all ..."

2. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"The BIX last mentioned do not properly belong to the Shoshone family, but on account of certain faint traces of Aztec, found alike in them and in all ..."

3. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"Lewis was certain he was a Shoshone, the Indian tribe they had to make contact with to supply them with horses to cross the mountains. ..."

4. Irrigation Works Constructed by the United States Government by Arthur Powell Davis (1917)
"CHAPTER XXII Shoshone PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Shoshone River rises in the interior of ... The Shoshone Project provides for the storage of water at the site ..."

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