Hausa Definition

housə, -zə
hausas
noun
A member of a people living chiefly in N Nigeria, Niger, and adjacent areas.
Webster's New World
The Chadic language of this people, used as a trade language in many parts of W Africa.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Haussa

Origin of Hausa

  • Hausa háusáawáa pl. of bàháušè a Hausa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hausa Sentence Examples

  • There was also a very considerable caravan trade in native goods which the industrious Hausa population carried for great distances through the western and central states of the Sudan.

  • Barth's descriptions of the wealth and importance of the city attracted great attention in Europe, and Kano was subsequently visited by several travellers, missionaries, and students of Hausa, but none was permitted to live permanently in the city.

  • Three days afterwards the Kumasi warriors attacked a party of Hausa sent with the chief object of discovering the golden stool.

  • It has been erroneously stated that the Fula imposed Mahommedanism on the Hausa states.

  • On the same day, leaving the Hausa at Kumasi, the expedition began the return march of i so m.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAU

Words Ending With

ASAUSA

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Hausa

Words Starting With H and Ending With A

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