Shona

Shona often refers to: *

Shona people The Shona people () are part of the Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily living in Zimbabwe where they form the majority of the population, as well as Mozambique, South Africa, and a worldwide diaspora including global celebriti ...

, a Southern African people *

Shona language Shona (; sn, chiShona) is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It was codified by the colonial government in the 1950s. According to ''Ethnologue'', Shona, comprising the Zezuru, Korekore and Karanga dialects, is spoken by about 7 ...

, a Bantu language spoken by Shona people today Shona may also refer to: * ''Shona'' (album), 1994 album by New Zealand singer Shona Laing *

Shona (given name) Shona is a female name of Gaelic origin. (Scottish and Irish) Given name *Shona (singer), French singer *Shona Auerbach, British film director * Shona Banda (born 1978/9), American medical cannabis rights activist *Shona Barbour (born 1979), Canad ...

Shona cabbage ''Cleome gynandra'' is a species of ''Cleome'' that is used as a green vegetable. It is known by many common names including Shona cabbage, African cabbage, spiderwisp, cat's whiskers, , and stinkweed. It is an annual wildflower native to Afric ...

, a common name for the vegetable ''Cleome gynandra'' *

Shona languages The Shona languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone S.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are: Eastern Shona group :: Ndau (S.15) Central Shona group :: Koreko ...

, a wider group of languages as defined in the early 20th Century *

Shona music Shona music is the music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. There are several different types of traditional Shona music including mbira, singing, hosho and drumming. Very often, this music will be accompanied by dancing, and participation by the a ...

, the traditional music of the Shona people *

Shona hopper ''Platylesches shona'', the Shona hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Shaba), Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is ...

, a butterfly *

Shona hotspot The Shona or Meteor hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Its zig-zag-shaped hotspot track, a chain of seamounts and ridges, stretches from its current location at or near the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ...

, a geographical feature in the Atlantic ocean *

Kingdom of Zimbabwe The Kingdom of Zimbabwe (c. 1220–1450) was a medieval Shona ( Karanga) kingdom located in modern-day Zimbabwe. Its capital, today's Masvingo (meaning fortified), which is commonly called Great Zimbabwe, is the largest stone structure in p ...

, a Shona state in the 13th to 15th Centuries *

Eilean Shona Eilean Shona ( gd, Eilean Seòna) is a tidal island in Loch Moidart, Scotland. The modern name may be from the Old Norse for "sea island". The pre-Norse Gaelic name, as recorded by Adomnán was or , meaning 'foreshore island', similar to the der ...

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