Meanings
- An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.
- A brand of cola.
2005, Entourage, season 2, episode 1, written by Doug Ellin Turtle: Do you happen to have any diet creamsicle Shasta, by any chance?
3 more examples
’Cause I’m the Master Blaster drinking up the Shasta / My voice sounds sweet ’cause it has-ta
1992, Beastie Boys, Professor BootyFry: It’s Saturday night; I’ve got no date, a two liter bottle of Shasta, and my all-Rush mix tape... let's rock.
2002, “Anthology of Interest II”, in FuturamaShasta. I need diet root beer Shasta.
Quest, final episode, Channel 101 - A census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States.
A historic schoolhouse burns in Shasta on July 26.
2018 August 13, “Massive wildfires scorching California”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 May 2026
plural Shastas
- A member of a Native American tribe of California.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Uncertain. Possibly from the exonym Sustika, with an origin in the Klamath language.
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Cite this entry
Shasta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shasta
“Shasta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shasta. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shasta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shasta.
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