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.
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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
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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
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“Shona.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shona. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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