Shoshone

plural Shoshones · alternative Shoshoni

1. A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.

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   If I'd kept a woman, he realized, instead of sending 'em back to their fathers' lodges - the Shoshone girl, them two Hunkpapas, the Crow I called Sally, even that Ree that come near talking me to death - if I'd kept one of 'em for more than just a winter, I'd have boys of my own by now to bring in meat.

   1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, War Shirt; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 110

alternative Shoshoni

1. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
2. The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
3. A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.

   Wallace said he watched as the cameras were installed on each side of the railroad crossing in Shoshone about 18 months ago, and from that point on, opposition slowly grew louder.

   2026 August 27, Joey Martin, “Lincoln County sheriff drops Flock cameras after community pushback in Shoshone”, in KMVT, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2026

4. A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.