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English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies.
Roy Blount, Jr.

Meaning of "Shoshone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOSHONE

Shoshone  [ʃəʊˈʃəʊnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOSHONE

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Shoshone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHOSHONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shoshone

Shoshone

The Shoshone or Shoshoni are a Native American tribe with three large divisions: ▪ Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming, northern Colorado and Montana ▪ Northern Shoshone: eastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and northeastern Utah ▪ Western Shoshone: Oregon, Idaho, Utah. They traditionally speak the Shoshoni language, part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family. The Shoshone were sometimes called the Snake Indians by neighboring tribes and early European-Americans.

Definition of Shoshone in the English dictionary

The definition of Shoshone in the dictionary is -nes, -ne, -nis, -ni. a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern US, related to the Aztecs. Other definition of Shoshone is the language of this people, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHOSHONE


abalone
ˌæbəˈləʊnɪ
bony
ˈbəʊnɪ
canzone
kænˈzəʊnɪ
canzoni
kænˈzəʊnɪ
coney
ˈkəʊnɪ
Dione
daɪˈəʊnɪ
leone
liːˈəʊnɪ
macaroni
ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ
Marconi
mɑːˈkəʊnɪ
mascarpone
ˌmæskəˈpəʊnɪ
Moroni
məˈrəʊnɪ
noni
ˈnəʊnɪ
ony
ˈəʊnɪ
pepperoni
ˌpɛpəˈrəʊnɪ
phony
ˈfəʊnɪ
pony
ˈpəʊnɪ
Shoshoni
ʃəʊˈʃəʊnɪ
Stoney
ˈstəʊnɪ
stony
ˈstəʊnɪ
tony
ˈtəʊnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOSHONE

Shosholoza
Shoshonean
Shoshoni
Shoshonian
Shostakovich

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOSHONE

cell phone
cellphone
cellular phone
earphone
Francophone
handphone
hone
interphone
iPhone
megaphone
microphone
mobile phone
outshone
payphone
phone
saxophone
shone
smartphone
speakerphone
telephone

Synonyms and antonyms of Shoshone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Shoshone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOSHONE

Find out the translation of Shoshone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Shoshone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Shoshone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肖松尼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Shoshone
570 millions of speakers

English

Shoshone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Shoshone
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شوشون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шошонов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Shoshone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Shoshone
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Shoshone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shoshone
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Shoshone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ショショーニ語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쇼 쇼니
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shoshone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Shoshone
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Shoshone
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोसोफोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Shoshone
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Shoshone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Shoshone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шошонов
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Shoshone
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Shoshone
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Shoshone
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Shoshone
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Shoshone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Shoshone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOSHONE»

The term «Shoshone» is regularly used and occupies the 62.720 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOSHONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Shoshone

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QUOTES WITH «SHOSHONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Shoshone.
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Roy Blount, Jr.
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOSHONE»

Discover the use of Shoshone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Shoshone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shoshone
Discusses the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Shoshone Indians of the Great Basin region of the western United States.
Mary Stout, 2004
2
Feather Medicine: Walking in Shoshone Dreamtine: A Family ...
Feather Medicine chronicles the journey of a contemporary, bi-cultural Shoshone woman who has inherited her maternal grandmother's gift of dream and knowing.
Francesca Mason Boring, 2004
3
The Shoshone: Pine Nut Harvesters of the Great Basin
Discusses the lives and traditions of the Shoshone Indians; includes a recipe for apricot-pine nut muffins, and instructions for playing a Shoshone game and for making bread beads.
Kristin Thoennes Keller, 2003
4
Shoshone
An introduction to the history, social structure, customs, and present life of the Shoshone Indians.
Barbara A Gray-Kanatiiosh, 2010
5
Sagwitch: Shoshone chieftain, Mormon elder, 1822-1887
Sagwitch, a leader of the Northwestern Shoshone and survivor of the Bear River Massacre, helped lead his shattered band into an Anglo way of life.
Scott R. Christensen, 1999
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The Shoshone People
Joanne Mattern. Past Pacts Today, most Shoshone live on reservations in Wyoming, Idaho, and Nevada. The name Shoshone also can be spelled Shoshoni. These facts tell about the past and present traditions of the Shoshone. Homes: In the ...
Joanne Mattern, 2001
7
Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Grammar
This introductory descriptive grammar of Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone, a central Numic language in the Uto-Aztecan family, presents the most important grammatical elements and processes in the language, with regard to verb, noun, adjective ...
Jon Philip Dayley, 1989
8
Shoshone History and Culture
An introduction to the locale, history, way of life, and culture of the Shoshone Indians.
Helen Dwyer, Mary Stout, 2012
9
Songprints: The Musical Experience of Five Shoshone Women
'This book makes an unusual contribution to the large body of literature dealing with Native American music and its cultural context.
Judith Vander, 1996
10
Shoshone Mike
In 1911 a posse chased an itinerant Shoshone family across 200 hundred miles of Nevada desert and slaughtered them. Shoshone Mike re-creates this final chapter in the Old West through the eyes of an anachronistic sheriff.
Frank Bergon, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOSHONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Shoshone is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shoshone County boy killed in ATV crash
On 21 July 2015, at approximately 8:05 PM, the Sheriff's Office received a call of an ATV crash involving a juvenile located up Moon Gulch Road. Shoshone ... «KHQ Right Now, Jul 15»
2
Multiple fires reported near Shoshone
LINCOLN COUNTY, Id ( KMVT - KSVT ) UPDATE: According to BLM officials, the Dietrich Butte Fire, north of Shoshone, is burning close to 2,500 acres. «KMVT, Jul 15»
3
State renews gaming compact with Shoshone Tribe
Eastern Shoshone Business Council chairman Darwin St. Clair Jr. says the tribe uses gambling revenue for education, health, housing, safety employment and ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»
4
Fiery crash between semi and pickup seriously injures two people …
Two people had to be airlifted to hospitals in Pocatello and Utah after an explosive head-on collision Thursday morning south of Shoshone. The 7:50 a.m. crash ... «Idaho State Journal, Jun 15»
5
Shoshone woman wins $1M on Powerball
BOISE – The Powerball game has paid off big time for a long-time lottery player from Shoshone. Sara Perez claimed her $1 million check at the Idaho Lottery ... «KTVB, Jun 15»
6
New plan approved for Shoshone National Forest
Wildflowers bloom in July 2013 on a mountainside near a feeding site in the Shoshone National Forest, the nation's first national forest, near Meeteetse. Ending ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, May 15»
7
Kellogg teens admit to Interstate 90 saran wrap prank
Authorities with the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office said the teens admitted to stretching the plastic wrap across Interstate 90 on March 21. The prank did ... «KREM.com, Apr 15»
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Shoshone Co. deputies: plastic wrap pranksters 'serious issue'
WALLACE, Idaho – As if driving in rainy slick weather was not hazardous enough, now there is one more thing residents in Shoshone County have to watch out ... «KREM.com, Mar 15»
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Former Shoshone County Deputy arrested for lewd conduct with a …
Shawn Alan Clark, a 40-year-old man from Pinehurst, Idaho, was arrested Thursday for lewd conduct with a minor. The Shoshone County Sheriff's Office says ... «KHQ Right Now, Mar 15»
10
Family of missing Idaho boy believes he may be in Mexico
SHOSHONE, Idaho (AP) — Ruben Felix was last seen 18 years ago today, drinking his bottle on his family's front porch. The 2 1/2 year old apparently vanished ... «KBOI-TV, Feb 15»

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