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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.
2. 2
   the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family) wordnet
3. 3
   a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
2. 2
   The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
3. 3
   A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.
4. 4
   A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.

Synonyms

All synonyms

shoshonishoshoni

Example

More examples

"Elias was born in the Shoshone tribe."

Related phrases

Shoshone CountyShoshone Fallscounty seatethnic grouplincoln countynorth americauto aztecan

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.