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