Shona

noun

Sho·​na ˈshō-nə How to pronounce Shona (audio)
plural Shona or Shonas
1
: a member of any of a group of Bantu peoples of Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique
2
: the group of languages spoken by the Shona

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Fox News' Shona Holagh, Heather Lacy and the Associated Press contributed to this report. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024 Local labels like Shona Joy and Dissh have released drop waist dresses that feature the flirty hemline, in midi and mini lengths respectively. Angela Law, refinery29.com, 25 June 2024 Similarly bilharzia in my mother tongue – Shona from Zimbabwe – is called the disease of cognitive function. Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 May 2024 The music is the result of cross-culture dialogue: traditional Shona melodies, backgrounded by then contemporary rock grooves. The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024 Both honors went to Yorgos Lanthimos' film Poor Things, with Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston accepting for hair and makeup, and James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek. Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 To illustrate this retelling of the Frankenstein tale, production designers Shona Heath and James Price literally Frankensteined different architectural elements to create singular urban and domestic environments. Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024 And Shona [Heath] and James [Price], our production designers, had used those in Madame Swiney’s brothel. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024 The flight was just off the coast of the UK when the baby was born; she would be called Shona Kirsty Yves, or SKY. Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Shona was circa 1895

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“Shona.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shona. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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