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Mashona

Mashona is the alternative form of Shona.

Meaning of Shona

Noun

Shona (plural Shonas or Shona)

  1. A member of the Bantu tribes who speak Shona.
    • It's not relevant for the purpose of my discussion who got to Zimbabwe first between the Shonas and the Ndebeles.2015, Khoza Mduduzi, The West Stole Africa's Wealth

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Words formed from Mashona

Questions about Mashona

What is Mashona the alternative form of?
Mashona is the alternative form of Shona.

Words near Mashona in the dictionary

  1. mashlin
  2. mashlins
  3. mashloch
  4. mashlum
  5. mashlums
  6. Mashona
  7. Mashonaland
  8. Mashonaland Central
  9. Mashonaland East
  10. Mashonaland West
  11. Mashonalander

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mashona (page history and authors); Shona (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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