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shoshone


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoshones  \Sho*sho"nes\,  n.  pl.;  sing.  {Shoshone}.  (Ethnol.) 
  A  linguistic  family  or  stock  of  North  American  Indians, 
  comprising  many  tribes,  which  extends  from  Montana  and  Idaho 
  into  Mexico.  In  a  restricted  sense  the  name  is  applied 
  especially  to  the  Snakes,  the  most  northern  of  the  tribes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Shoshone 
  n  1:  a  member  of  the  North  American  Indian  people  (related  to  the 
  Aztecs)  of  the  SW  US  [syn:  {Shoshone},  {Shoshoni}] 
  2:  the  language  spoken  by  the  Shoshone  people  (belonging  to  the 
  Uto-Aztecan  family)  [syn:  {Shoshone}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Shoshone,  CA 
  Zip  code(s):  92384 
  Shoshone,  ID  (city,  FIPS  73900) 
  Location:  42.93617  N,  114.40463  W 
  Population  (1990):  1249  (563  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.2  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  83352 




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