Shona

[shoh-nuh]

noun

plural

Shonas ,

plural

Shona .

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.

Shona

/ ˈʃɒnə /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison accused the Labour minister of an "astonishing display of arrogance".

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Scotland's Finance Secretary Shona Robison must now decide whether to replicate this step when she announces her own Scottish Budget on 13 January.

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Last December, Shona Robison said there wouldn't be changes to rates or bands before next year's election, a position Swinney was "very happy to reinforce" last Wednesday.

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UK tax changes could have "a massive impact" on Scotland's public services, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said.

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At Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, the tension is inescapable.

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