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Shona Heaslip
Shona often refers to: * Shona people, a Southern African people ** Shona language, a Bantu language spoken by Shona people today ** Shona languages, a wider group of languages defined in the early 20th century ** Kingdom of Zimbabwe, a Shona state in the 13th to 15th centuries Shona may also refer to: * ''Shona'' (album), 1994 album by New Zealand singer Shona Laing * AmaShona, Shona speaking people * Shona (given name) * Shona cabbage, a common name for the vegetable ''Cleome gynandra'' * Shona hopper, a butterfly * Shona hotspot, a geographical feature in the Atlantic ocean * Sone River or Shona, a tributary of the Ganges in India * Eilean Shona, a Scottish island See also *Sona (other) Sona may refer to: Places *Sona, Veneto, a comune in the province of Verona in Italy * Soná District, Veraguas, a district within the province of Veraguas, situated in Panama ** Soná, Panama, a town in Soná District, Veraguas, Panama. * Șona ... {{disambig Language and nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona People
The Shona people () also/formerly known as the Karanga are a Bantu peoples, 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 worldwide diaspora. There are five major Shona language/dialect clusters: Manyika, Karanga, Zezuru, Korekore, Kalanga, and Ndau. Classification The Shona people are grouped according to the dialect of the language they speak. Their estimated population is 22.6 million: * Korekore people, Korekore (northern region of Zimbabwe) * Zezuru people, Zezuru (central Zimbabwe) * Manyika tribe, Manyika (eastern Zimbabwe around Mutare, Buhera, Nyanga, Zimbabwe, Nyanga and into Mozambique) * Ndau people, Ndau (southeast Zimbabwe around Mutare, Chimanimani, Chipinge and into Mozambique) * Karanga people, Karanga (south-central Zimbabwe around Masvingo) * Kalanga people, Kalanga (southwest Zimbabwe, interspersed with the Northern Ndebele people, Ndebele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Language
Shona ( ; ) is a Bantu language spoken by the Shona people of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The term is variously used to collectively describe all the Central Shonic varieties (comprising Zezuru, Manyika, Korekore and Karanga or Ndau) or specifically Standard Shona, a variety codified in the mid-20th century. Using the broader term, the language is spoken by over 14 million people. The larger group of historically related languages—called Shona languages, Shona or Shonic languages by linguists—also includes Ndau dialect, Ndau (Eastern Shona) and Kalanga language, Kalanga (Western Shona). In Malcolm Guthrie, Guthrie's classification of Bantu languages, zone S.10 designates the Shonic group. Similar languages Shona is closely related to Ndau dialect, Ndau, Kalanga language, Kalanga and is related to Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe), Tonga, Chewa language, Chewa, Tumbuka language, Tumbuka, Tsonga language, Tsonga and Venda language, Venda. Ndau and Kalanga are former diale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Languages
The Shona languages (also called the Shonic group) are a clade of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s coded Zone S.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are: * Shona ** Eastern Shona group *** Ndau (S.15) ** Central Shona group *** Korekore (S.11) and Tawara *** Zezuru (S.12) *** Manyika (S.13) and Tewe *** Karanga (S.14) ** Western Shona group *** Kalanga (S.16) *** Nambya In the 1920s, the Rhodesian administration was faced with the challenge of preparing schoolbooks and other materials in the various languages and dialects and requested the recommendation of the South African linguist Clement Doke. Based on his 1931 report, Standard Shona was developed from the Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Zimbabwe
The Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe was a Shona kingdom located in modern-day Zimbabwe. Its capital was Great Zimbabwe, the largest stone structure in precolonial Southern Africa, which had a population of 10,000. Around 1300, Great Zimbabwe replaced Mapungubwe as the most important trading centre in the interior, exporting gold via Swahili city-states into the Indian Ocean trade. At Great Zimbabwe's centre was the Great Enclosure which is thought to have housed royalty and had demarcated spaces for rituals, while commoners surrounded them within the second perimeter wall. The Zimbabwe state was composed of over 150 smaller zimbabwes and likely covered 50,000 km² (19,000 square miles). It is unknown what caused Great Zimbabwe's decline and migration of the Shona to other places from the 15th century, however land depletion or a depletion of critical resources, increased regional competition, shifting trade routes, and overpopulation likely played a role. By the 16th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona (album)
Shona often refers to: * Shona people, a Southern African people ** Shona language, a Bantu language spoken by Shona people today ** Shona languages, a wider group of languages defined in the early 20th century ** Kingdom of Zimbabwe, a Shona state in the 13th to 15th centuries Shona may also refer to: * ''Shona'' (album), 1994 album by New Zealand singer Shona Laing * AmaShona, Shona speaking people * Shona (given name) * Shona cabbage, a common name for the vegetable ''Cleome gynandra'' * Shona hopper, a butterfly * Shona hotspot, a geographical feature in the Atlantic ocean * Sone River or Shona, a tributary of the Ganges in India * Eilean Shona Eilean Shona () is a tidal island situated at the entrance of Moidart, Loch Moidart, on the west coast of Scotland, just north of the Ardnamurchan, Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The island is in area, with the highest point being Beinn a' Bhàillidh a ..., a Scottish island See also * Sona (other) {{disambig Language a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona (given Name)
Shona is a female name of Gaelic and Hebrew origin. (Scottish and Irish) also. Coincidentally is the name of an ethnic group in South Africa, Zimbabwe. The name Shona also has a meaning “God is gracious” as well as female name for John. 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), Canadian curler * Shona Bell (1924–2011), New Zealand palaeontologist * Shona Brown (born c. 1966), American businesswoman * Shona Brownlee (born 1979), British skier and RAF aircraftwoman *Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951), sculptor and painter of Ngati Wai ki Aotea tribal descent * Shona Fraser (born 1975), British music journalist * Shona Holmes, Canadian woman who controversially underwent treatment for a Rathke's cleft cyst in the U.S. and claimed that it threatened her life * Shona Kinloch (born 1962), Scottish artist * Shona Laing (born 1955), New Zealand mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Cabbage
''Cleome gynandra'' is a species of '' Cleome'' that is used as a leaf 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 Africa but has become widespread in many tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world. Description ''Cleome gynandra'' is an erect, branching plant generally between 25 cm and 60 cm tall. Depending on environmental conditions, it can reach up to 150 cm of height. Its sparse leaves are each made up of 3–7 oval-shaped leaflets. The flowers are white, sometimes changing to rose pink as they age. The leaves and flowers are both edible. The leaves have a strong bitter, sometimes peppery flavor similar to mustard greens. The fruit is a dehiscent silique, a slender and spindle-shaped capsule, and measures 12 cm in length and 8–10 mm in width. During the ripening process, the color of the pods turns from green to yellow t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no .... Adults are on wing from July to October and again from March to May, probably in two generations per year. References Butterflies described in 1937 Erionotini Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Harry Evans {{Erionotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 to South Africa. Location The present location of the hotspot is disputed. proposed a location below a small seamount, the "Shona Seamount" (), just west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This location was used by . however proposed , the eastern end of the Shona Rise/ Shona Ridge. simply located the hotspot at where its volcanic trail begin. Discovery The hotspot was first proposed by . They noted that the Meteor Rise and Cape Rise seamount chain (west of South Africa) could not be associated with the Bouvet hotspot and therefore predicted the existence of another hotspot near the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Hartnady and le Roex explained the peculiar zig-zag pattern of this seamount chain as the result of the hotspot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sone River
Sone River, also spelt Son River, is a perennial river located in central India. It originates near Amarkantak Hill in Pendra (Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district), Chhattisgarh and finally merges with the Ganges river near Maner in Patna, Bihar. The Sone River is the second-largest southern tributary of the Ganges after the Yamuna River. India's oldest river bridge Koilwar Bridge over Sone River connects Arrah with Patna. Sone river is famous for its sand across country. Multiple dams and hydro-electric projects run on its course towards the Ganges.The river is also mentioned in Valmiki Ramayans's Balkand where Ram. Laxman along with Vishvamitra is crossing the river to further go north towards Ganga. Course Sone River is called 'सोन / सोने' in Hindi, but called 'शोण' in Sanskrit, a rare instance of an Indian river having masculine name. Damodara and Brahmaputra also have masculine name. This river is mentioned as SoNai in Sangam Tamil literature Kuṟu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilean Shona
Eilean Shona () is a tidal island situated at the entrance of Moidart, Loch Moidart, on the west coast of Scotland, just north of the Ardnamurchan, Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The island is in area, with the highest point being Beinn a' Bhàillidh at . There are five other peaks of over and views of the sea and off-shore islands including Rhum, Eigg and Skye. It is reached by a short boat ride from the mainland (Dorlin Pier 4 km (25 miles) north of Acharacle). 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 derivation of Erraid. History Loch Moidart, guarded by Castle Tioram, is of historical significance in Scotland. The region was the seat of the Macdonalds of Clanranald, territory from where Charles Edward Stuart gained much of his support for the Jacobite uprising in 1745. Castle Tioram remained in Clanranalds hands until 1715 when it was set on fire and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sona (other)
Sona may refer to: Places *Sona, Veneto, a comune in the province of Verona in Italy * Soná District, Veraguas, a district within the province of Veraguas, situated in Panama ** Soná, Panama, a town in Soná District, Veraguas, Panama. * Șona, a commune located in Alba County, Romania. * Sona Glacier, a Himalayan glacier situated in the Pithoragarh district in the eastern part of Uttarakhand, India * Sona, Norway, a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway ** Sona Station, a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Sona * Sona Mosque, a mosque in Chapai Nawabganj district of Bangladesh * Sona College of Technology, a college in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India *Sone River or Sona, second-largest tributary of Ganga river in India Organizations * Society of Nepali Architects Persons * Sona (given name), a list of people with this name * Sona (singer) (born 1973), Armenian singer Film and television *'' Sona Chandi'', a comedy-drama tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
