"Shona" meaning in English

See Shona in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃəʊnə/, /ˈʃoʊnə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shona.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊnə Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shona
  1. A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Shona terms Translations (language): շոնա (šona) (Armenian), শোনা ভাষা (śōna bhaśa) (Bengali), 修納語 (Chinese Mandarin), 修纳语 (Xiūnà yǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 紹納語 (Chinese Mandarin), 绍纳语 (Shàonà yǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Shona [neuter] (Dutch), sjona [neuter] (Faroese), shona (Finnish), шона (şona) (Kazakh), ឝុណា (shunɑɑ) (Khmer), 쇼나어 (syona'eo) (Korean), xona (Portuguese), шо́на (šóna) [masculine] (Russian), chiShona (Shona), Chishona (Shona), Kishona (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-Shona-en-name-yz~HzK04 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃəʊnə/, /ˈʃoʊnə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shona.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊnə Etymology: Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shona
  1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Languages
    Sense id: en-Shona-en-name-taaJWAKH Disambiguation of Languages: 27 60 13 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 57 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 70 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃəʊnə/, /ˈʃoʊnə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shona.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊnə Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Shona pl (plural only)
  1. The Bantu tribes who speak Shona. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Shona-en-noun-qh~sXAf1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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