Shona

See also: shona

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊnə

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Shona

A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Translations

language

Armenian: շոնա (hy) (šona)
Dutch: Shona (nl) n
Faroese: sjona n
Finnish: shona (fi)
Khmer: ឝុណា (shunɑɑ)

Portuguese: xona (pt)
Russian: шо́на (ru) m (šóna)
Shona: chiShona
Swahili: Kishona

See also

Wikipedia article on the language Shona

Further reading

ISO 639-1 code sn, ISO 639-3 code sna

Ethnologue entry for Shona, sn

Noun

Shona pl (plural only)

The Bantu tribes who speak Shona.

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Shona

A female given name.

Anagrams

Noah's, Noahs, has on, nasho

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃoː.naː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Sho‧na
Rhymes: -oːnaː

Proper noun

Shona n

Shona (African language)

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