Shoshone

shoshone English <dab!> Alternative forms en Shoshoni Etymology Ultimately from en shh sosoni', plural of shh sonipe tall grass, referring to the conically shaped houses made of tall grasses used by the Great Basin Indians. Christopher Loether David J. Wishart SHOSHONES Encyclopedia of the Great Plains 2011 https://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.na.105.html Pronunciation en /ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shoshone.wav Southern England Noun s * A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho. en Neme Newe en Dorothy M. Johnson 1950 in book War Shirt Indian Country London Corgi 1961 110 If I'd kept a woman, he realized, instead of sending 'em back to their fathers' lodges - the Shoshone girl, them two Hunkpapas, the Crow I called Sally, even that Ree that come near talking me to death - if I'd kept one of 'em for more than just a winter, I'd have boys of my own by now to bring in meat. Derived terms en shoshonite Translations member of ethnic group Czech: cs Šošon m French: fr Shoshone m f Polish: pl Szoszon m, pl Szoszonka f These translations are for the plural: Amerind people Catalan: ca xoixon Dutch: nl Shoshone Finnish: fi shoshonit French: fr Shoshones German: de Shoshone Italian: it shoshoni Low German: nds shoshone Norwegian: no shoshone Omaha-Ponca: oma Wés'a níkʰashíⁿga Polish: pl Szoszoni p Portuguese: pt shoshone m-p, pt shoshoni m-p Russian: ru шошон m-p шошо́ны Serbo-Croatian: sh šošoni Shoshone: shh newe, shh sosoni' Spanish: es shoshón Swedish: sv shoshoner Tamil: ta சோஷோன் Proper noun The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people. The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. en small city/county seat co/Lincoln County s/Idaho c/USA. en Joey Martin Lincoln County sheriff drops Flock cameras after community pushback in Shoshone w:KMVT https://www.kmvt.com/2026/08/27/lincoln-county-sheriff-drops-flock-cameras-after-community-pushback-shoshone/ 2026-08-27 Wallace said he watched as the cameras were installed on each side of the railroad crossing in Shoshone about 18 months ago, and from that point on, opposition slowly grew louder. https://web.archive.org/web/20260829205319/https://www.kmvt.com/2026/08/27/lincoln-county-sheriff-drops-flock-cameras-after-community-pushback-shoshone/ 29 August 2026 29 August 2026 en CDP co/Inyo County s/California c/US. Derived terms en Shoshone County en Shoshone Falls Translations Amerind language Breton: br chochoneg Dutch: nl Shoshone German: de Shoshone Polish: pl szoszon m, pl szoszoński m Portuguese: pt shoshone m, pt shoshoni m Russian: ru шошо́нский, ru шошо́не Shoshone: shh sosoni' da̲i̲gwape, shh neweda̲i̲gwape Swedish: sv shoshone References See also en Comanche shh Further reading shh en Languages Native American tribes