Meanings
Shona1
proper noun
- A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
I didn’t know anyone who spoke fluent Shona in the area.
2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 225
nounShona (plural Shonas or Shona)
plural Shonas
- 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
Shona2
proper noun
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe
Similar
Shona languageChishonaChishona language
Broader
BantuBantoid language
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali শোনা ভাষা
- শোনা ভাষা (śōna bhaśa)language
Chinese Mandarin 修納語 /修纳语, 紹納語 /绍纳语
- 修納語 /修纳语 (Xiūnà yǔ)language
- 紹納語 /绍纳语 (Shàonà yǔ)language
Dutch Shona
- Shonalanguage
Finnish shona
- shonalanguage
French shona
- shonalanguage
Korean 쇼나어
- 쇼나어 (syona'eo)language
Portuguese xona
- xonalanguage
Russian шо́на
- шо́на (šóna)language
Swahili Kishona
- Kishonalanguage
Turkish Şona dili
- Şona dililanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Shona
ArizonaBarcelonacoronabolognaJonahVeronakonamonakronapomonabonapersonaWinonaRamonaIonakimonoLeonaronaIlonaPamplonaCremonaRhonaBellonaAlcona
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Shona. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shona
MLA
“Shona.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shona. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shona,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shona.
Source: Shona on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.