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Shona

//ˈʃəʊnə// name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

    "I didn’t know anyone who spoke fluent Shona in the area."

  2. 2
    A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Noun
  1. 1
    The Bantu tribes who speak Shona. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe wordnet

Etymology

Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna.

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