Chirere izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vane zita iri: Memory Chirere; Tapera Chirere; Tinashe Chirere. Vatauri veShona vanoti chirere to mean an omen, good or evil. Mang'anja vanoti chirere (gentleness; repose of manner; repose of character). Kinande vanoti ekirere (n. dry banana leaf) kureva shizha remubhanana rakawoma. VaChewa vanoti chirere (basket with the ordinary creeper-twinned rim). VaMambwe vanoti cilele (a corpse; like a corpse; as one who courts death, who plays with fire). VaSwahili vanoti kilele (tip, peak, highest point). Sokuti: kilele cha mti (treetop).