shoshone

Noun
  1. A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States (synset 109688434)
    is a type of: amerindian, native american - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
    subtypes:
    • comanche - a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
    • hopi - a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
    • paiute, piute - a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
    • ute - a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico
    specific instances: sacagawea, sacajawea - the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
    same as: shoshoni
  2. The language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family) (synset 106927578)
    is a type of: shoshonean, shoshonean language, shoshonian, shoshonian language - a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States

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