Associations to the word «Shona»

Wiktionary

SHONA, proper noun. A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
SHONA, proper noun. The Bantu tribes who speak Shona.
SHONA, proper noun. A female given name.

Dictionary definition

SHONA, noun. A member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe.
SHONA, noun. A Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe.
SHONA, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats