How is bison pronounce?
Bison is a French word pronounced “Bee-zohn,” and our pronunciation may have its roots there, going back generations to the area’s early fur traders and explorers.
How does North Dakota State pronounce bison?
NDSU graduate student Tatjana Schell and a group of researchers recently studied areas where bison is pronounced with a “z” sound. Go Bison!
What does bison mean?
The word bison is Latin for “wild ox,” ultimately from a Slavic or Baltic root meaning “the stinking animal.” Definitions of bison. noun. any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns.