Main Entry: Sho·shone

Pronunciation: \shə-ˈshōn, -ˈshō-nē; ˈshō-ˌshōn\

Variant(s): or Sho·sho·ni \shə-ˈshō-nē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Shoshones or Shoshoni also Shoshone or Shoshonis

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1805

1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples originally ranging through California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming
2 : the Uto-Aztecan language of the Shoshones