Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
An endangered Native American language isolate spoken by these people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Ellipsis of Washoe County.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
An indigenous people of the Great Basin in North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
From English Wa She Shu, from Washo Wá꞉šiw ʔítlu (“Wašišiw”) Literally, “people from here”.
