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Overview of noun hausa

      »   The noun hausa has 2 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• Hausa, Haussa1.) Hausa, Haussa -- (a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria)
  
  2.) Hausa, Haussa -- (the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language)
  
  Haussa -- (a Member1.) Member -- (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family")
  
  2.) Member -- (an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations")
  
  member of a Negroid1.) Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid -- (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))
  
  1.) Negroid -- (characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race; "negroid features")
  
  Negroid people Living1.) Life, living -- (the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life")
  
  2.) Living -- (people who are still living; "save your pity for the living")
  
  living chiefly in Northern1.) Northern -- (a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans)
  
  1.) Northern -- (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities")
  
  northern Nigeria)

• Hausa, Haussa1.) Hausa, Haussa -- (a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria)
  
  2.) Hausa, Haussa -- (the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language)
  
  Haussa -- (the Chief1.) Head, chief, top dog -- (a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation")
  
  2.) Foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss -- (a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman")
  
  chief member of the Chadic1.) Chad, Chadic, Chadic language -- (a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa)
  
  Chadic family of Afroasiatic1.) Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic -- (a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa)
  
  Afroasiatic languages; Widely1.) Widely -- (to a great degree; "her work is widely known")
  
  2.) Wide, widely -- (to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely")
  
  widely used as a Trading1.) Trading -- (buying or selling securities or commodities)
  
  1.) Trade, merchandise -- (engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets")
  
  trading language)

Related Terms - "Hausa"

Meaning 1 of HausaHausa, Haussa Nigerian

• Hausa1.) Hausa1.) Hausa, Haussa -- (a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria)
  
  2.) Hausa, Haussa -- (the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language)
  
  Hausa, Haussa1.) Hausa, Haussa -- (a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria)
  
  2.) Hausa, Haussa -- (the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language)
  
  Haussa - A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria -- (a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria)
  
  2.) Hausa, Haussa -- (the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language)
  
  Hausa, Haussa1.) Hausa, Haussa -- (a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria)
  
  2.) Hausa, Haussa -- (the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language)
  
  Haussa - A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria

• Edo1.) Edo -- (a member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria)
  
  2.) Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan -- (the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan)
  
  Edo - A member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria

• Igbo1.) Igbo -- (a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria; "most Igbo are farmers")
  
  Igbo - A member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria; "most Igbo are farmers"

• Yoruba1.) Yoruba -- (a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria)
  
  2.) Yoruba, Aku -- (a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria)
  
  Yoruba - A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria

Meaning 2 of HausaHausa, Haussa West Chadic

• Hausa, Haussa - no definition found

• Bole1.) Bole -- (a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment))
  
  2.) Trunk, tree trunk, bole -- (the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber)
  
  Bole, Bolanci1.) Bole, Bolanci -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa)
  
  Bolanci - A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

• Angas1.) Angas -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa)
  
  Angas - A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa

• Ron1.) Ron, Bokkos, Daffo -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria)
  
  Ron, Bokkos1.) Ron, Bokkos, Daffo -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria)
  
  Bokkos, Daffo1.) Ron, Bokkos, Daffo -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria)
  
  Daffo - A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria

• Bade1.) Bade -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria)
  
  1.) Offer, bid, tender -- (propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting")
  
  Bade - A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria

• Warji1.) Warji -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria)
  
  Warji - A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria

• Zaar1.) Zaar, Sayanci -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria)
  
  Zaar, Sayanci1.) Zaar, Sayanci -- (a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria)
  
  Sayanci - A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria