Mashona Street was named after an action in the Matabele War of 1893. "Strange sounding names from Far Away Places" by Michael McRitchie in Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 14 May 1974. That on the application of the owner Sir Daniel Dixon six new streets on his property situate off Blackstaff Road be named “Fortuna Street”, “Egreria Street” “Daphne Street”, “Pandora Street" “Euterpe Street” and “Thalia Street”; four new streets off Beersbudge Road be named "Flora Street”, “Foxglove Street”, “Heatherbell Street” and “Mayflower Street and two new streets off Woodstock Road be named “Redcar Street” “Mashona Street” and that he be requested to submit another name in lieu of “Killean Street” as there is already a street with an almost similar name in the City. (Town Improvement Committee, 25th October 1893). The name Mashona Street is no longer in existence, there is however Mashona Court.