Shoshoni

Variant of Shoshone

noun

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

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

Also sp. Shoshoni
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