Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a Bantu people inhabiting southeastern Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique.
  • noun The dialect of Shona spoken by the Karanga.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Shona -karanga as in Chikaranga, the Karanga dialect of Shona.]

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Examples

  • Also bringing back a nostalgic whiff of Karanga's glory years are the club's long-time residents Ben Hudson and Andy Fisher.

    Clubs picks of the week 2011

  • But Tim Lucy, co-founder of Bath's superclub Karanga, and Banglo bar owner Robbie Tack knew what to expect when they asked a crop of regulars from Karanga's mid-90s heyday to play intimate gigs at Robbie's very handsomely attired bar.

    Clubs picks of the week 2011

  • Zimbabwe-Rhodesia became plain but glorious Zimbabwe, a Karanga term probably meaning “House of Stone,” and Rhodesia became a dirty word.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • Zimbabwe-Rhodesia became plain but glorious Zimbabwe, a Karanga term probably meaning “House of Stone,” and Rhodesia became a dirty word.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • Mnangagwa is from the southern Karanga section of the Shona.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Mugabe made unsuccessful attempts to promote Tungamirai as a political strongman of the influential Karanga section of

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Mnangagwa is from the southeastern Karanga section of the Shona, who supplies many recruits to the police and army.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • The greatest Karanga chief lived at Great Zimbabwe, a complex of stone enclosures built between 1100 and 1550 C.E. 3

    c. East and Southern Africa 2001

  • The Karanga people living in the inland plateau south of the Zambezi were cattle herders and farmers, who controlled rich gold and copper outcrops.

    c. East and Southern Africa 2001

  • Rozvi state broke away from Karanga section of Mutapa Empire.

    1684-95 2001

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