Shoshone

See also: shoshone

English

Alternative forms

• Shoshoni

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/

Noun

Shoshone (plural Shoshones or Shoshone)

1. A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.

Derived terms

• shoshonite

Translations

member of ethnic group

• Czech: Šošon m
• Polish: Szoszon (pl) m, Szoszonka (pl) f

• These translations are for the plural:

Amerind people

• Catalan: xoixon
• Dutch: Shoshone
• Finnish: shoshonit
• French: Shoshones (fr)
• German: Shoshone (de)
• Italian: shoshoni
• Low German: shoshone
• Norwegian: shoshone
• Omaha-Ponca: Wés'a níkʰashíⁿga
• Polish: Szoszoni pl
• Portuguese: shoshone m pl, shoshoni (pt) m pl
• Russian: шошо́ны m pl (šošóny)
• Serbo-Croatian: šošoni
• Shoshone: newe, sosoni'
• Spanish: shoshón
• Swedish: shoshoner
• Tamil: சோஷோன் (cōṣōṉ)

Proper noun

Shoshone

1. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
2. The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
3. A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.
4. A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.

Translations

Amerind language

• Breton: chochoneg
• Dutch: Shoshone
• German: Shoshone (de)
• Polish: szoszon (pl) m, szoszoński (pl) m
• Portuguese: shoshone m, shoshoni (pt) m
• Russian: шошо́нский (šošónskij), шошо́не (šošóne)
• Shoshone: sosoni' da̲i̲gwape, neweda̲i̲gwape
• Swedish: shoshone

Derived terms

• Shoshone County
• Shoshone Falls

See also

• Comanche
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Shoshone terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Shoshone, shh ⁠