Mashona
noun
Mashonas
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pluralof Mashona.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Two territories, Matabeleland, ruled by Lobengula, and Mashonaland, inhabited by the Mashonas, who were to all intents and purposes vassals to Lobengula, were the prize portions.
From An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
There was a sound of firing at the little tree; and the cry went round the camp, "The Mashonas are releasing the spy!"
From Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner
“Among the Mashonas of South Africa a ‘medicine’ used is a small antelope horn called ‘egona,’ in which was a mixture of ground-nut oil and a medicinal bark known as ‘unchanya.’
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Robert Hamill Nassau
Away on the southern horizon we could faintly perceive the floating yellow haze of the prairie fires lit by the Mashonas.
From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Grant Allen
The Mashonas, as well as the Matabele, took part in the revolt which began early in April 1896.
From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by George Henry Blore
