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HAUSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hausa mean?
• HAUSA (noun)
The noun HAUSA has 2 senses:
1. a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
2. the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
Familiarity information: HAUSA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hausa; Haussa
Hypernyms ("Hausa" is a kind of...):
Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hausa; Haussa
Hypernyms ("Hausa" is a kind of...):
West Chadic (a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member)
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