name
Shasta
SHAS-tuh
name
1
A brand of soda popular in the United States.
"She grabbed a cold can of Shasta from the fridge."
2
A place name, notably Mount Shasta and Shasta County in California.
"They hiked partway up Mount Shasta over the weekend."
noun
1
A member of a Native American people of northern California, or their now-extinct language.
"Historians have studied surviving records of the Shasta language."
How to Use Shasta
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost familiar today as a mountain in California and a soda brand; also the name of an indigenous Californian people.
Word Forms
Shastas plural, Shasta plural
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Etymology
Uncertain origin, possibly from the exonym Sustika via the Klamath language.