Shona

noun

Sho·​na ˈshō-nə How to pronounce Shona (audio)
plural Shona or Shonas
1
: a member of any of a group of Bantu peoples of Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique
2
: the group of languages spoken by the Shona

Examples of Shona in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Both honors went to Yorgos Lanthimos' film Poor Things, with Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston accepting for hair and makeup, and James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek. Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 To illustrate this retelling of the Frankenstein tale, production designers Shona Heath and James Price literally Frankensteined different architectural elements to create singular urban and domestic environments. Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024 And Shona [Heath] and James [Price], our production designers, had used those in Madame Swiney’s brothel. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024 The flight was just off the coast of the UK when the baby was born; she would be called Shona Kirsty Yves, or SKY. Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2024 Under the production design of Shona Heath and James Price, Bella went from the black-and-white Baxter house to a Lisbon of watercolors. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Jan. 2024 Jones had been at the group home for just over two months, her mother, Shona Garner-White, said at the news conference. Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023 But production design by Shona Heath and James Price was just that, Ryan said, noting Lanthimos is a true believer in both real settings and old-school shooting on film. Will Tizard, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023 That film is rooted in the mythology of the Shona culture and follows a young girl who must find a mythical city where elder spirits can teach her how to summon rain, in order to rescue her community from a deadly drought. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Shona was circa 1895

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“Shona.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shona. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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