Shoshone

(s̸hō s̸hō′nē)

noun

pl. Shoshones or Shoshone a member of a group of North American Indians scattered over Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and California
the Shoshonean language of this people

Origin: < ? Shoshonean tsosoni, curly head, in allusion to their hairdo

Also sp. Shoshoni

river in NW Wyo., flowing northeast into the Bighorn River: c. 100 mi (161 km)

See Shoshone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Sho·sho·ni

noun pl. Shoshone Shoshone or Sho·sho·nes also Shoshoni or Sho·sho·nis

A Native American people comprising three divisions, specifically:
a. A group inhabiting parts of Idaho, northern Utah, eastern Oregon, and western Montana, now mostly in southeast Idaho. Also called Northern Shoshone, Snake¹.
b. A group inhabiting the Great Basin area of Idaho, Utah, and Nevada south to Death Valley, California, now mostly in Nevada. Also called Western Shoshone.
c. A group inhabiting the Wind River valley of western Wyoming. Also called Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Shoshone.
A member of this people or any of its divisions.
Any of the languages of the Shoshone people.