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词汇 Shangaan
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Definition of Shangaan in English:

Shangaan

nounPlural Shangaans ˈʃaŋɡɑːnˈSHaNGˌgän
  • 1A member of the Tsonga people of southern Africa.

    (非洲南部的)聪加人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their clients are mainly taxi drivers and marshals, mostly migrant Shangaans from Mozambique who relish food from their homeland.
    • Only the Tsonga / Shangaan, however, have continued their beadwork traditions to the present day.
    • Others are labelled Tsonga / Shangaan or even Ndau / Shangaan, and could be from Zimbabwe or South Africa.
  • 2mass noun The Bantu language of the Shangaan.

    聪加语(属班图语系)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyway, the waitress is fluent in English too, and Shangaan.
    • He had also spoken to the officers in English, so they made him speak in his vernacular, which is Shangaan - a language that is also spoken in Mozambique.
adjectiveˈʃaŋɡɑːnˈSHaNGˌgän
  • Relating to the Shangaan or their language.

    (与)聪加人(有关)的;(与)聪加语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Choreographed by Dumsani Thusi, it incorporates Shangaan dance and includes live drummers.
    • One of the highlights of this show will be the performance, by Thabisong Youth Club, of Sindomba, which combines the dramatic and meaningful movements from the Shembe, Shangaan and Tswana unspoken vocabularies.
    • ‘Moving into Dance will present an Afro-fusion choreographed performance, while music will be provided by a variety of performers, including pantsula and Shangaan dancers,’ the statement said.
    • Led by Pedi and Shangaan workers, the strike had wide support - a figure of 71,000, or one-third of the total, is often quoted.
    • The song was sung in public in 1899 at the ordination of Reverend Boweni, a Shangaan Methodist minister.

Origin

Probably named after the founding chief Soshangane.

Definition of Shangaan in US English:

Shangaan

nounˈSHaNGˌgän
  • 1A member of the Tsonga people of southern Africa.

    (非洲南部的)聪加人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only the Tsonga / Shangaan, however, have continued their beadwork traditions to the present day.
    • Their clients are mainly taxi drivers and marshals, mostly migrant Shangaans from Mozambique who relish food from their homeland.
    • Others are labelled Tsonga / Shangaan or even Ndau / Shangaan, and could be from Zimbabwe or South Africa.
  • 2The Bantu language of the Shangaan.

    聪加语(属班图语系)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyway, the waitress is fluent in English too, and Shangaan.
    • He had also spoken to the officers in English, so they made him speak in his vernacular, which is Shangaan - a language that is also spoken in Mozambique.
adjectiveˈSHaNGˌgän
  • Relating to the Shangaan or their language.

    (与)聪加人(有关)的;(与)聪加语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Led by Pedi and Shangaan workers, the strike had wide support - a figure of 71,000, or one-third of the total, is often quoted.
    • The song was sung in public in 1899 at the ordination of Reverend Boweni, a Shangaan Methodist minister.
    • One of the highlights of this show will be the performance, by Thabisong Youth Club, of Sindomba, which combines the dramatic and meaningful movements from the Shembe, Shangaan and Tswana unspoken vocabularies.
    • ‘Moving into Dance will present an Afro-fusion choreographed performance, while music will be provided by a variety of performers, including pantsula and Shangaan dancers,’ the statement said.
    • Choreographed by Dumsani Thusi, it incorporates Shangaan dance and includes live drummers.

Origin

Probably named after the founding chief Soshangane.

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