Shona
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Shonas,
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Shona
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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.
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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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Former cabinet members Kate Forbes, Shona Robison, Fiona Hyslop and Mairi Gougeon all stood down at the election, while Angus Robertson lost his seat.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Shona did not immediately tell anyone what had happened.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Shona later told CPL that she did not have an issue with it, they said.
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
That evening, I was working on Shona verb conjugations when my father arrived with news.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
The worshipers were Shonas, which is Zimbabwe’s dominant ethnic group, and Shona was the language being spoken.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2011
But Muzorewa was so discredited by his association with the whites and his failure to deliver on campaign promises that most of the Shonas voted for Mugabe.
From Time Magazine Archive
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