Associations to the word «Shoshone»

Wiktionary

SHOSHONE, proper noun. An Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.
SHOSHONE, proper noun. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
SHOSHONE, proper noun. The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
SHOSHONE, noun. A member of this people.

Dictionary definition

SHOSHONE, noun. A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States.
SHOSHONE, noun. The language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats