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SHOSHONI
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• SHOSHONI (noun)
The noun SHOSHONI has 1 sense:
1. a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
Familiarity information: SHOSHONI used as a noun is very rare.
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 ("Shoshoni" 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 "Shoshoni"):
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)
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