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
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Examples
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Also bringing back a nostalgic whiff of Karanga's glory years are the club's long-time residents Ben Hudson and Andy Fisher.
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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.
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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
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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
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Mnangagwa is from the southern Karanga section of the Shona.
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Mugabe made unsuccessful attempts to promote Tungamirai as a political strongman of the influential Karanga section of
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Mnangagwa is from the southeastern Karanga section of the Shona, who supplies many recruits to the police and army.
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The greatest Karanga chief lived at Great Zimbabwe, a complex of stone enclosures built between 1100 and 1550 C.E. 3
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The Karanga people living in the inland plateau south of the Zambezi were cattle herders and farmers, who controlled rich gold and copper outcrops.
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Rozvi state broke away from Karanga section of Mutapa Empire.
1684-95 2001
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