Shona

[ shoh-nuh ]

noun,plural Sho·nas, (especially collectively) Sho·na for 1.
  1. Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.

  2. the Bantu language of the Shona.

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British Dictionary definitions for Shona

Shona

/ (ˈʃɒnə) /


noun
  1. plural -na or -nas a member of a Sotho people of S central Africa, living chiefly in Zimbabwe and Mozambique

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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