Hausa

Hau·sa

 (hou′sə, -zə)

n. pl. Hausa or Hau·sas

1. A member of a predominantly Muslim people inhabiting northern Nigeria and southern Niger.

2. A Chadic language spoken by the Hausa, widely used as a trade language in West Africa.

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[Hausa háusáawáa, pl. of bàháušè, a Hausa.]

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Hausa

(ˈhaʊsə)

npl -sas or -sa

1. (Peoples) a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in N Nigeria

2. (Languages) the language of this people: the chief member of the Chadic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is widely used as a trading language throughout W Africa and the S Sahara

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Hau•sa

(ˈhaʊ sə, -sɑ, -zə)

n., pl. -sas, (esp. collectively) -sa.

1. a member of an African people of N Nigeria and S Niger.

2. the Chadic language of the Hausa, a second language and lingua franca in N Nigeria, Niger, and adjacent countries.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Hausa - a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria Haussa Nigerian - a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
	2.	Hausa - the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language Haussa West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member

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