Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shasta

/ˈʃæs.tə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: shas-ta
IPA: /ˈʃæs.tə/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.

name

A brand of cola.

name

A census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States.

noun

A member of a Native American tribe of California.

Example Sentences

"’Cause I’m the Master Blaster drinking up the Shasta / My voice sounds sweet ’cause it has-ta"
"Fry: It’s Saturday night; I’ve got no date, a two liter bottle of Shasta, and my all-Rush mix tape... let's rock."
"2005, Entourage, season 2, episode 1, written by Doug Ellin Turtle: Do you happen to have any diet creamsicle Shasta, by any chance?"
"Shasta. I need diet root beer Shasta."
"A historic schoolhouse burns in Shasta on July 26."

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from the exonym Sustika, with an origin in the Klamath language.

Inflected Forms

Shastas (plural)

Derived Forms

Shastan

Phrases

Shasta County Shasta cypress Shasta daisy Shasta fir Shasta ground sloth Shasta Lake Shasta lily Shasta red fir

Synonyms

shasta language

Rhymes With

hasta basta casta canasta vasta nasta pasta rasta jocasta creepypasta

Questions

How do you pronounce shasta?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃæs.tə/.
What does shasta mean?: An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.
Where does shasta come from?: Uncertain. Possibly from the exonym Sustika, with an origin in the Klamath language.

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