SHOSHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Shoshone mean? 

• SHOSHONE (noun)
  The noun SHOSHONE has 2 senses:

1. a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States

2. the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family)

  Familiarity information: SHOSHONE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOSHONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Shoshone; Shoshoni

Hypernyms ("Shoshone" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Shoshone"):

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)

Instance hyponyms:

Sacagawea; Sacajawea (the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Shoshone" is a kind of...):

Shoshonean; Shoshonean language; Shoshonian; Shoshonian language (a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States)

 Context examples 

"I think working with the Eastern Shoshone's definitely a possibility. There's no sense in having two private herds," said Devin Oldman, who helped manage the delivery of the buffalo.

(Northern Arapaho Tribe welcomes buffalo herd in Wyoming, United States, Wikinews)

The Arapaho have plans to widen the buffalo's range to 600 acres and report they are considering eventually pooling resources with the nearby Eastern Shoshone Tribe, who currently have a herd of 33 buffalo.

(Northern Arapaho Tribe welcomes buffalo herd in Wyoming, United States, Wikinews)