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hausa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hausa has 2 senses
- hausa(n = noun.person) haussa - a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria; Array is a kind of nigerian
- hausa(n = noun.communication) haussa - the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language; Array is a kind of west chadic
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hausa, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. same or Hausas)
1 a a people of W. Africa and the Sudan. b a member of this people.
2 the Hamitic language of this people, widely used in W. Africa.
--adj. of or relating to this people or language.
--n. (pl. same or Hausas)
1 a a people of W. Africa and the Sudan. b a member of this people.
2 the Hamitic language of this people, widely used in W. Africa.
--adj. of or relating to this people or language.
Etymology
native name
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