Shasta

[ shas-tuh ]

/ ˈʃæs tə /

noun

Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4315 meters).

Also called Shasta Lake. Lake, a recreational lake in N central California, formed by a 1945 dam on the Sacramento, Pit, and other rivers. 46 sq. mi. (119 sq. km).

Example sentences from the Web for shasta

The next day, the Shasta County coroner's office called to tell her that Wade's body had been found in the room.

The War's Quiet Scandal |ProPublica |February 25, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
It is found in California, from Shasta County to the southern part of the state.

Western Bird Guide |Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. Brasher
It had been our bête noire from the time five dollars and fifty cents ransomed it at Shasta.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 |Various
It is a mass of lava presenting to the gray sage plain of Shasta Valley a bold craggy front two thousand feet high.

Steep Trails |John Muir

Only a very small portion of the water derived from the melting ice and snow of Shasta flows down its flanks on the surface.

Steep Trails |John Muir
In a few minutes, however, he proceeded to take the Shasta out, and drove her hard all that night into a short head-sea.

Thrice Armed |Harold Bindloss

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Shasta

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