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HAUSA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language

Synonyms:

Hausa; Haussa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Hausa" is a kind of...):

West Chadic (a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria

Synonyms:

Hausa; Haussa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Hausa" is a kind of...):

Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)

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