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Shoshone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/

Meanings

  1. A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.
    • If I'd kept a woman, he realized, instead of sending 'em back to their fathers' lodges - the Shoshone girl, them two Hunkpapas, the Crow I called Sally, even that Ree that come near talking me to death - if I'd kept one of 'em for more than just a winter, I'd have boys of my own by now to bring in meat. 1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, War Shirt; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 110:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Shoshone Number=Plur lexicographic
Shoshones Number=Plur lexicographic
Shoshoni alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

shoshonite

Translations (22)

ta சோஷோன் (Amerind people) · it shoshoni (Amerind people) · oma Wés'a níkʰashíⁿga (Amerind people) · sh šošoni (Amerind people) · de Shoshone (Amerind people) · nds shoshone (Amerind people) · pt shoshone (Amerind people) · fr Shoshones (Amerind people) · es shoshón (Amerind people) · pl Szoszoni (Amerind people) · nl Shoshone (Amerind people) · shh sosoni' (Amerind people) · shh newe (Amerind people) · pl Szoszon (member of ethnic group) · ca xoixon (Amerind people) · ru шошо́ны (Amerind people) · cs Šošon (member of ethnic group) · pl Szoszonka (member of ethnic group) · pt shoshoni (Amerind people) · no shoshone (Amerind people) · fi shoshonit (Amerind people) · sv shoshoner (Amerind people)

wikipedia: Shoshone

Shoshone en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/

Meanings

  1. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
  2. The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.
    • Wallace said he watched as the cameras were installed on each side of the railroad crossing in Shoshone about 18 months ago, and from that point on, opposition slowly grew louder. 2026 August 27, Joey Martin, “Lincoln County sheriff drops Flock cameras after community pushback in Shoshone”, in KMVT, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2026:
  4. A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Shoshoni alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Shoshone County · Shoshone Falls

Relateds

Comanche · Wiktionary’s coverage of Shoshone terms

Translations (12)

ru шошо́не (Amerind language) · shh neweda̲i̲gwape (Amerind language) · pl szoszon (Amerind language) · de Shoshone (Amerind language) · ru шошо́нский (Amerind language) · pt shoshoni (Amerind language) · br chochoneg (Amerind language) · sv shoshone (Amerind language) · nl Shoshone (Amerind language) · shh sosoni' da̲i̲gwape (Amerind language) · pt shoshone (Amerind language) · pl szoszoński (Amerind language)

wikipedia: Shoshone