Shona

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊnə/, /ˈʃoʊnə/
• Rhymes: -əʊnə

Shona

1. A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
   • 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 225:

     I didn’t know anyone who spoke fluent Shona in the area.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Shona terms
• Wikipedia article on the language Shona

• ISO 639-1 code sn, ISO 639-3 code sna (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Shona, sna ⁠

Shona (plural Shonas or Shona)

1. A member of the Bantu tribes who speak Shona.
   • 2015, Khoza Mduduzi, The West Stole Africa's Wealth

     It's not relevant for the purpose of my discussion who got to Zimbabwe first between the Shonas and the Ndebeles.

Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna.

Shona

1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.

• Noah's, Noahs, has on, nasho

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoː.naː/

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• Hyphenation: Sho‧na
• Rhymes: -oːnaː

Shona n

1. Shona (African language)