1. Shasta - Noun
2. Shasta - Proper noun
a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)
the Shastan language spoken by the Shasta
a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon
Source: WordNetBefore Shasta Dam was built, the volcanic springs feeding the Pit and McCloud Rivers provided the majority of river flow in dry summers when the Upper Sacramento and other tributaries slowed to a trickle. Source: Internet
Controlling runoff from the upper convert of the Sacramento River watershed, Shasta greatly reduces flood peaks on the middle and lower parts of the Sacramento River. Source: Internet
Front cover of the Shasta First Edition hardcover collection The Man Who Sold the Moon is a science fiction novella by Robert A. Heinlein written in 1949 and published in 1951. Source: Internet
Gilley is the son of James and Shasta Gilley of Pilot Mountain and is enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Source: Internet
Escaping a forced betrothal to the loathsome Ahoshta, she joins Shasta on his journey and inadvertently overhears a plot by Rabadash, crown prince of Calormen, to invade Archenland. Source: Internet
He first appears as a Calormene nobleman's war-horse; when the nobleman buys Shasta as a slave, Bree organises and carries out their joint escape. Source: Internet