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SHASTA

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• SHASTA (noun)
The noun SHASTA has 3 senses:

1. a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon
2. a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)
3. the Shastan language spoken by the Shasta

Familiarity information: SHASTA used as a noun is uncommon.

• SHASTA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Shasta" is a kind of...):

Hoka; Hokan (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Mount Shasta; Shasta

Instance hypernyms:

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

Holonyms ("Shasta" is a part of...):

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The Shastan language spoken by the Shasta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Shasta" is a kind of...):

Shastan (a group of languages of the Hokan family in California)

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(English proverb)
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(Corsican proverb)

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