Etymology

chimurenga

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Today it means: A genre of Zimbabwean popular music, originally focusing on revolutionary themes. Full definition →

Shona chimurenga
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The story

  1. Shona · borrowed fromchimurenga“revolution”
  2. English todaychimurenga

From Shona chimurenga (“revolution”).

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