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Definition of Mashona in English: Mashonanoun məˈʃəʊnə-ˈSHänə mass nounThe Shona people collectively, particularly those of Zimbabwe. Example sentencesExamples - The Mashona (Shona speakers), who constitute about 75% of the population, have lived in the area the longest and are the majority language group.
- To make matters worse from the Company point of view, in June the Mashona rose in revolt.
- He moved his mission complex up onto a nearby plateau, next to a grove of trees sacred to the ancestral spirits of the Mashona.
- In fact, the Mashona were empire-builders, farmers and sophisticated traders.
- In the 19th century much of what is now Zimbabwe was inhabited by the Mashona people and smaller associated tribes.
adjective məˈʃəʊnə-ˈSHänə Relating to the Shona people. Example sentencesExamples - The Zimbabwe culture is unique, with the warm hospitable Mashona tribes in the north and the friendly Matabeles in the south.
- In 1896 the Matabele and Mashona tribes rose in rebellion but were crushed by the settlers.
- A pretext came in 1893, when the Matabele carried out a punitive raid on a Mashona tribe in the company's territory.
- It was the Mashona people who built the impressive stone citadel, a sort of an acropolis on a hill, called the Great Zimbabwe.
- This may be considered the last town towards the north that is inhabited by the Mashona people.
Rhymes belladonna, Connor, donna, goner, gonna, honour (US honor), Maradona, O'Connor, Shona, wanna Definition of Mashona in US English: Mashonanoun-ˈSHänə The Shona people collectively. Example sentencesExamples - The Mashona (Shona speakers), who constitute about 75% of the population, have lived in the area the longest and are the majority language group.
- In fact, the Mashona were empire-builders, farmers and sophisticated traders.
- To make matters worse from the Company point of view, in June the Mashona rose in revolt.
- In the 19th century much of what is now Zimbabwe was inhabited by the Mashona people and smaller associated tribes.
- He moved his mission complex up onto a nearby plateau, next to a grove of trees sacred to the ancestral spirits of the Mashona.
adjective-ˈSHänə Relating to the Shona people. Example sentencesExamples - In 1896 the Matabele and Mashona tribes rose in rebellion but were crushed by the settlers.
- A pretext came in 1893, when the Matabele carried out a punitive raid on a Mashona tribe in the company's territory.
- It was the Mashona people who built the impressive stone citadel, a sort of an acropolis on a hill, called the Great Zimbabwe.
- This may be considered the last town towards the north that is inhabited by the Mashona people.
- The Zimbabwe culture is unique, with the warm hospitable Mashona tribes in the north and the friendly Matabeles in the south.
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