Shoshoni

Other forms: Shoshonis

Definitions of Shoshoni
  1. noun
    a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
    synonyms: Shoshone
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    Sacagawea
    the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
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    Comanche
    a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
    Hopi
    a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
    Paiute, Piute
    a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
    Ute
    a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico
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    American Indian, Red Indian
    a dated term referring to the Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America
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