name
Meaning 1
A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Shona
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈʃəʊnə/
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/ˈʃoʊnə/
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rhymes with -əʊnə
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CMU ARPABET: SH OW1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A member of the Bantu tribes who speak Shona.
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 5
a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Bantu, Bantoid language
noun
Meaning 6
a member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Bantu
History
Etymology
Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: շոնա (šona) — language
- Bengali: শোনা ভাষা (śōna bhaśa) — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 修納語 /修纳语 (Xiūnà yǔ) — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 紹納語 /绍纳语 (Shàonà yǔ) — language
- Dutch: Shona — language
- Faroese: sjona — language
- Finnish: shona — language
- French: shona — language
- Kazakh: шона (şona) — language
- Khmer: ឝុណា (shunɑɑ) — language
- Korean: 쇼나어 (syona'eo) — language
- Portuguese: xona — language
- Russian: шо́на (šóna) — language
- Shona: chiShona — language
- Shona: Chishona — language
- Swahili: Kishona — language
- Turkish: Şona dili — language