shoshone
IPA: ʃoʊʃˈoʊni
Root Word: Shoshone
noun
- An Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.
- The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
- The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
- A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.
- A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.
- A member of this people.
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Examples of "shoshone" in Sentences
- More info: Shoshone National Forest office, 307-578-1200; www. fs.fed.us/r2/shoshone
- The Indians brought us another of our origional Stock of horses; there are only two absent now of those horses, and these the indians inform us that our shoshone guide rode back when he returned. we have sixty five horses at this time, most of them in excellent order and fine strong active horses.
- Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 10: 55 PM my mistake (even after i read your comment rana, i was still reading "yosemite" which is what i meant to type) thanks for pointing out my error. yellowstone would more likely have been blackfoot or shoshone. and thank you, when you noticed the error, you still got my point. correction welcomed, and it's good to be understood.
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