Shoshone

also Sho·sho·ni (shō-shōˈnē)

1. 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.
2. A member of this people or any of its divisions.
3. Any of the languages of the Shoshone people.

Related Forms:

• Sho·shoˈne·an adjective