Shasta

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/ˈʃæs.tə/

proper noun

An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.

Similar
Shasta language
Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.
  2. 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 Booty

    Fry: 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 Futurama

    Shasta. I need diet root beer Shasta.

    Quest, final episode, Channel 101
  3. 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
nounShasta (plural Shastas or Shasta)

plural Shastas

  1. A member of a Native American tribe of California.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Shastan language spoken by the Shasta

Similar
Shasta language
Broader

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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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Shasta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shasta

MLA

“Shasta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shasta. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shasta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shasta.

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