What does Hausa mean?
Definitions for Hausa
ˈhaʊ sə, -sɑ, -zəhausa
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Princeton's WordNet
Hausa, Haussanoun
a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
Hausa, Haussanoun
the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
Wiktionary
Hausanoun
A Moslem people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.
Hausanoun
The Chadic language spoken by these people.
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hausa
Hausa refers to a major ethnic group in West Africa, primarily found in the region south of the Sahara Desert in countries such as Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Chad, Cameroon, Sudan, and others. It is also the term for the Afro-Asiatic language spoken by this group, which is one of the largest languages spoken in Africa. Additionally, Hausa can also refer to the culture, traditions, and history associated with this ethnic group.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Hausa in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Hausa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Hausa in a Sentence
Then one man from a tiny community in Ijaw comes. He's not Yoruba, Igbo, or Hausa. They can't bear it, he who pays the piper must dictate the tune, and the delta has been paying the piper for so very long. If they make war, we can make war. We have the capacity to take what's ours.
The protesters are crying out in local Hausa language: 'Charlie is Satan - let hell engulf those supporting Charlie'.
The bigger tribes ... feel they have the divine right to rule others, then one man from a tiny community in Ijaw comes. He's not Yoruba, Igbo, or Hausa. They can't bear it.
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