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Shasta

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʃæs.tə/
  • rhymes with -æstə
  • CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 S T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A brand of cola.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2005, Entourage, season 2, episode 1, written by Doug Ellin Turtle: Do you happen to have any diet creamsicle Shasta, by any chance?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

name

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of a Native American tribe of California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the Shastan language spoken by the Shasta

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Shastan

6

noun

Meaning 6

a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mount Shasta

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mountain peak

7

noun

Meaning 7

a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Hokan, Hoka

History

Etymology

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