Shoshone

Sho·sho·ne also Sho·sho·ni  (sh-shn)

n. pl. Shoshone or Sho·sho·nes also Shoshoni or Sho·sho·nis

1. A Native American people comprising three divisions, specifically:

a. A group inhabiting parts of Idaho, northern Utah, eastern Oregon, and western Montana, now mostly in southeast Idaho. Also called Northern Shoshone, Snake¹.

b. A group inhabiting the Great Basin area of Idaho, Utah, and Nevada south to Death Valley, California, now mostly in Nevada. Also called Western Shoshone.

c. A group inhabiting the Wind River valley of western Wyoming. Also called Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Shoshone.

2. A member of this people or any of its divisions.

3. Any of the languages of the Shoshone people.

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[Probably from an Eastern Shoshone band name.]

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Sho·shone·an adj.

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Shoshone, Shoshoni [ʃəʊˈʃəʊnɪ]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples), -nis -ni a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern US, related to the Aztecs

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Shoshone - a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States Shoshoni American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived Comanche - a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma Hopi - a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona Paiute, Piute - a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States Ute - a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico
	2.	Shoshone - the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family) Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language - a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States