Shona

American  

[shoh-nuh] / ˈʃoʊ nə /

noun

• Shonas,
  plural
• Shona
  plural

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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Shona British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Shona
  plural
• Shonas
  plural

Example Sentences

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Shona Shonas

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 said she does not know if the pregnancy resulted from the alleged incident and she said some people within production and welfare treated her well.

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

"I don't think that because you're going on reality TV, you deserve in any way for things like this to happen to you," said Shona Manderson, the only woman of the three who is identified.

From BBC ● May 18, 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