Shasta

Other forms: Shastas

Definitions of Shasta
  1. noun
    a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon
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    type of:
    Hoka, Hokan
    a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages
  2. noun
    the Shastan language spoken by the Shasta
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    type of:
    Shastan
    a group of languages of the Hokan family in California
  3. noun
    a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)
    synonyms: Mount Shasta
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    example of:
    mountain peak
    the summit of a mountain
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