shasta

Other forms of shasta

plural

shastas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shasta

What does shasta mean?

shasta means "a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shasta?

shasta has 2 syllables: shas-ta. The stress falls on "shas". In IPA it is /ˈʃæstə/.

What is another word for shasta?

Close synonyms include Mount Shasta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shasta a common word?

shasta is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.