Shona often refers to: *

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 world ...

, a Southern African people **

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 specifica ...

, a Bantu language spoken by Shona people today **

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, ...

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

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 repl ...

, 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 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 ...

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 b ...

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

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 co ...

, 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 Ridg ...

, a geographical feature in the Atlantic ocean *

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, Biha ...

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

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