Guruuswa
Historical region in Zimbabwe
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Guruuswa or Guruhuswa[a] is a term used for a historical region in modern-day Zimbabwe. Meaning "long grass" in Shona, David Beach says that it was an environmental term due to its location differing among informants.[2] The Historical Dictionary of Zimbabwe says that Guruuswa was a region corresponding to southwestern Zimbabwe that was home to the Kingdom of Butua and, later, the Rozvi Empire.[1]: 115 Other sources say it was the southern province or portion of the Mutapa Empire.[3]: 46
Shona oral traditions hold that they originated from Guruuswa.[4]: 201