Shasta

//ˈʃæs.tə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a Native American tribe of California.
  2. 2
    the Shastan language spoken by the Shasta wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.
  2. 2
    A brand of cola.

    "’Cause I’m the Master Blaster drinking up the Shasta / My voice sounds sweet ’cause it has-ta"

  3. 3
    A census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States.

Synonyms

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mount shastashasta language

Example

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"It's the morning of the 18th of May of 2025, with cloudy skies interspersed with blue spaces. I went walking to Tim Hortons café to enjoy a hash brown with an Earl Grey Tea with oat milk. Upon my return home, Eric, Kathy, Pia, and Minda were already awake. Eric and Kathy are fixing the new screen at the kitchen's back door. I talked a bit with Minda: Apparently, she and her new black American husband shuttle between Ohio and Cavite in the Philippines. We know that in Cavite, there is Chabacano, Philippine Creole Spanish, that is a different dialect from Zamboanga City's. Meanwhile, I ate more of the tiramisù, leftover from last night. My cousin Eve made it. Moreover, in the morning, I have been looking over my Native Indian documents in linguistics, like California's Shasta, etc."

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from the exonym Sustika, with an origin in the Klamath language.

Related phrases

Shasta CountyShasta LakeShasta SamShasta cypressShasta daisyShasta firShasta ground slothShasta red firnative american

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