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SHONA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Shona" is a kind of...):
Bantoid language; Bantu (a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Shona" is a kind of...):
Bantu (a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Shona (a member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe)
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