Haussa

Other forms: Haussas

Definitions of Haussa
  1. noun
    a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
    synonyms: Hausa
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    type of:
    Nigerian
    a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
  2. noun
    the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
    synonyms: Hausa
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    type of:
    West Chadic
    a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member
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