(Zool.) See moundbird in the vocabulary. Mound builders. (Ethnol.) the tribe, or tribes, of North American aborigines who built, in former times, extensive mounds of earth, esp. in the valleys of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
Comments and insights on the name Shona: | Edit. Its a name, also the name of an African Language. Shona is the anglicized spelling of the name Seonaid which is the Scottish Gaelic form of Janet. The spellings Seona, Sheona, Seonag are also found in Scotland.SHOANA with an A is Yiddish meaning beautiful.Hebrew meaning: in the Grace of God.spiritual meaning: Eye witness.hona is the anglicized spelling of the name Seonaid which is the Scottish Gaelic form of Janet. The spellings Seona, Sheona, Seonag are also found in Scotland. SHOANA with an A is Yiddish meaning beautiful.Hebrew meaning: in the Grace of God. spiritual meaning: Eye witness.
Shonda is a trashy, ghetto-sounding name. Like I posted above a few years ago, the Yiddish meaning puts me off to this name. Shonda is even worse when rendered as Shanda, which is the Hebrew word for shame, and it would indeed be a shame to be named Shonda or Shanda. -- bananarama 1/11/2011. Shonda derives as a modern spelling variation of Chanda, a Sanskrit name, and is an epithet for the great goddess, Durga. It means fiery, hot, or passionate.. I also wanted to clarify some information regarding what a previous poster wrote about the name. Shonda is not the Hebrew word for shame..