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Shasta

Pronunciation: /ˈʃæs.tə/

The English word “Shasta” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.
  2. A brand of cola.

noun

  1. A member of a Native American tribe of California.

Etymology

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

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