Shona
Americannoun
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Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
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the Bantu language of the Shona.
noun
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a member of a Sotho people of S central Africa, living chiefly in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
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the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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Shona later told CPL that she did not have an issue with it, they said.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Bradley and Shona, who had stayed together for six weeks after leaving the show, separated shortly afterwards.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
"Our first kiss was magical," said Shona, who was a performing arts teacher when she signed up to the show.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Within asset management broadly, everyone is using AI these days, said Shona O’Hea, head of asset management industry for Grant Thornton Advisors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
I read that more than 90 percent of the Zimbabwean people were called Shona, but that there was another tribe called Ndebele, which I think was pronounced en-duh-BELL-lay.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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