Shona

[ shoh-nuh ]

noun

, plural Sho·nas, (especially collectively) Sho·na

1. Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
2. the Bantu language of the Shona.

Shona

/ ˈʃɒnə /

noun

1. -na-nas a member of a Sotho people of S central Africa, living chiefly in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

Example Sentences

Instead, Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison has found herself welcoming it as a “step in the right direction” and trying to claim a degree of credit for Labour borrowing and spending more.

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Finance Secretary Shona Robison said: "No one's interests will be served by industrial action which will disrupt children attending schools and nurseries".

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Finance secretary Shona Robison said this was due to cuts to its capital budget by Westminster.

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First Minister John Swinney now faces the tricky task of setting out a programme for government, 24 hours after his finance secretary Shona Robison wielded the axe on many of that government's programmes.

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The Scottish government must, by law, balance its books and Shona Robison has set out how she intends to do that.

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