(复同单, 或Shonas)
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- a member of a group of peoples inhabiting parts of southern Africa. The Shona comprise over three quarters of the population of Zimbabwe, and smaller groups live in South Africa, Zambia, and Mozambique.绍那人（居住在非洲南部, 占津巴布韦人口的四分之三, 另有少部分生活在南非、赞比亚和莫桑比克）。参见MASHONA.
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- mass noun any of the closely related Bantu languages spoken by these peoples, with over 5 million speakers altogether绍那语（绍那人所讲的相互有近亲关系的任何一种班图语, 共有500多万使用者）。
- of or relating to the Shona or their languages（与）绍那人（有关）的; （与）绍那语（有关）的。
词源
a local name.