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Definitions: Shasta |
ShastaNoun1. 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 people. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Shasta" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references) |
Synonym: ShastaSynonym: Mount Shasta (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Shasta |
| English words defined with "Shasta": Hydromantes brunus, Hydromantes shastae ♦ limestone salamander ♦ Mount Shasta ♦ Sacramento River, shasta daisy, Shasta salamander. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Shasta": creolite. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Shasta McNasty (1999) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shasta Reservoir. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Willows and cottonwoods planted by Western Shasta RCD. Credit: Gary Kramer. |
 | Scenic shot of Mount Shasta from Boccard Point, Soda Mountain. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Mount Shasta and Irongate Reservoir from Boccard Point, Soda Mountain. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
 | East of Mount Shasta at Boccard Point, Soda Mountain Wilderness Study Area. Credit: Frank Lang. |  | Mt. Shasta from Pilot Rock with wildflower and phlox site, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM). Credit: John Craig. |
 | Telephoto shot of Mount Shasta. Credit: John Craig. |  | Close up of Indian Paintbrush with Mt. Shasta in background, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM). Credit: John Craig. |
 | Medium shot of Indian Paintbrush with Mt. Shasta in background, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM). Credit: John Craig. |  | Scenic view of Mount Shasta and Irongate Reservoir. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| "Shasta" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Shasta" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 90% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Shasta" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Shasta | First name Female | 3,000 | 2,000 |
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1. Shasta, CA |
Expressions using "Shasta": Mount Shasta ♦ Shasta County ♦ shasta daisy ♦ Shasta fir ♦ Shasta Lake ♦ Shasta salamander ♦ Shasta Sam. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Shasta": Shasta-trinity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
mt shasta | 959 | shasta lake house boat | 31 |
shasta lake | 732 | district fair shasta | 31 |
shasta | 377 | shasta house boat | 30 |
shasta lake california | 300 | mt shasta california | 29 |
mount shasta | 267 | lake shasta ca | 28 |
mount shasta ca | 253 | shasta motor home | 27 |
shasta daisy | 181 | shasta soda | 26 |
shasta college | 173 | shasta lake real estate | 25 |
pool shasta | 130 | lake resort shasta | 25 |
shasta county | 114 | climbing mt shasta | 25 |
shasta ca | 81 | shasta dam | 24 |
lake shasta house boat | 80 | county education office shasta | 24 |
camping lake shasta | 53 | lake map shasta | 23 |
shasta travel trailer | 53 | shasta county real estate | 23 |
mt shasta ca | 49 | shasta speedway | 22 |
shasta camper | 46 | mt shasta real estate | 22 |
shasta trailer | 45 | lake shasta cavern | 21 |
cavern shasta | 39 | campground lake shasta | 21 |
lake shasta house boat rental | 35 | shasta dinner train | 19 |
shasta rv | 33 | mount shasta california | 18 |
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Misspellings | |
"Shasta" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Huasta, Scatsta, Shaitan, shaksgam, Shakti, Shasha, shaste, Shaston, Shastra, Shazad, Shazam, Shipstal, Shostak, Shostari, Shuswap. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Shasta" (pronounced 'Shas"ta'): Abranchiata, Albata, Amanita, Amniota, Amrita, Annellata, Annulata, Anotta, Anta, Aorta, Aplacentata, Appendiculata, Aprocta, Argonauta, Arista, Articulata, Atlanta, Avesta, Bafta, Ballista, Baryta, Basta, Battuta, Berretta, beta, Bonetta, Brachiata, Burletta, Cantata, Carromata, Catallacta, Caudata, Cephalata, Charta, Chiretta, Chordata, Cicuta, Ciliata, Cirrobranchiata, Coaita, Codetta, Comedietta, Costa, Cotta, Craniota, Crusta, Cryptobranchiata, Cuesta, Decacerata, Deciduata. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: stash. | |
-2 letters: aahs, hast, hats, sash, shat, tass. | |
-3 letters: aah, aas, aha, ash, ass, has, hat, sat, sha, tas. | |
-4 letters: aa, ah, as, at, ha, sh, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: asthmas, matsahs. | |
+2 letters: ashtrays, asphalts, sabbaths, shaitans, stramash, tamashas. | |
+3 letters: alcahests, alkahests, archaists, arethusas, ashplants, asthenias, camshafts, catharses, catharsis, hagadists, halakists, handfasts, haystacks, headstays, katharses, katharsis, mastabahs, mastheads, phantasms, phantasts, pheasants, sasquatch, shamanist, shamefast, thalassic, washstand. | |
+4 letters: abashments, acanthuses, anarchists, anesthesia, arhatships, asphaltums, asthmatics, astrakhans, athanasies, earthstars, flatwashes, haggadists, handstands, harassment, hardstands, headstalls, headstands, heartsease, metaphases, phantasies, sacahuista, sacahuiste, saltshaker, shamanists, shavetails, stagehands, stramashes, straphangs, thanatoses, transshape, washstands, watchcases. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 68 61 73 74 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .... .- ... - .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101000 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S h a s t a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0068 0061 0073 0074 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537467858667 |
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