Shosh

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Shosh (plural Shoshes)

1. A surname.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shosh is the 292121^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 60 individuals.

From Albanian Shosh, derived from shosh (“to sift”).

Shosh

2. A village, commune, and former municipality of Shkodër, Albania.
3. A historical tribe of northern Albania.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shosh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From shosh (“to sift”).

• IPA^(key): [ʃɔʃ]

Shosh m (definite Shóshi)

1. Shosh (a village, commune, and former municipality of Shkodër, Albania).
2. a historical tribe in northern Albania