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Meaning 1
The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Shoshone
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: SH OW0 SH OW1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
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name
Meaning 3
A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.
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Meaning 4
A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.
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noun
Meaning 5
A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.
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noun
Meaning 6
the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language
noun
Meaning 7
a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Shoshoni
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
Narrower terms: Comanche, Hopi, Paiute, Piute, Ute, Sacagawea, Sacajawea
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: chochoneg — Amerind language
- Dutch: Shoshone — Amerind language
- German: Shoshone — Amerind language
- Polish: szoszon — Amerind language
- Polish: szoszoński — Amerind language
- Portuguese: shoshone — Amerind language
- Portuguese: shoshoni — Amerind language
- Russian: шошо́нский (šošónskij) — Amerind language
- Russian: шошо́не (šošóne) — Amerind language
- Shoshone: sosoni' da̲i̲gwape — Amerind language
- Shoshone: neweda̲i̲gwape — Amerind language
- Swedish: shoshone — Amerind language
- Czech: Šošon — member of ethnic group
- Polish: Szoszon — member of ethnic group
- Polish: Szoszonka — member of ethnic group
- Catalan: xoixon — Amerind people
- Dutch: Shoshone — Amerind people
- Finnish: shoshonit — Amerind people
- French: Shoshones — Amerind people
- German: Shoshone — Amerind people
- Italian: shoshoni — Amerind people
- Low German: shoshone — Amerind people
- Norwegian: shoshone — Amerind people
- Omaha-Ponca: Wés'a níkhashínga — Amerind people
- Polish: Szoszoni — Amerind people
- Portuguese: shoshone — Amerind people
- Portuguese: shoshoni — Amerind people
- Russian: шошо́ны (šošóny) — Amerind people
- Serbo-Croatian: šošoni — Amerind people
- Shoshone: newe — Amerind people
- Shoshone: sosoni' — Amerind people
- Spanish: shoshón — Amerind people
- Swedish: shoshoner — Amerind people
- Tamil: சோஷோன் (cōṣōṉ) — Amerind people
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