Shona

/ˈʃoʊnə/
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Definitions of Shona
  1. noun
    a member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe
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    type of:
    Bantu
    a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
  2. noun
    a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe
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    type of:
    Bantoid language, Bantu
    a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
  3. adjective
    of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas
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