SHOSHONE

I. noun or Shoshoni (plural ~s or Shoshoni; also ~ or Shoshonis) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1805 a member of a group of American Indian peoples originally ranging through California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming, the Uto-Aztecan language of the ~s, II. geographical name river 120 miles (193 kilometers ) NW Wyoming flowing NE into Bighorn River