Associations to the word «Shasta»

Wiktionary

SHASTA, proper noun. An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.
SHASTA, proper noun. (trademark) A brand of cola.
SHASTA, proper noun. A place name.
SHASTA, noun. A member of a Native American tribe of California.
SHASTA GROUND SLOTH, noun. An extinct species of ground sloth, Nothrotheriops shastensis, from Pleistocene North America.
SHASTA GROUND SLOTHS, noun. Plural of Shasta ground sloth

Dictionary definition

SHASTA, noun. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
SHASTA, noun. A volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high).
SHASTA, noun. The Shastan language spoken by the Shasta.

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