Hausa

or Haus·sa

[ hou-sah, -suh, -zuh ]

/ ˈhaʊ sɑ, -sə, -zə /

noun, plural Hau·sas, (especially collectively) Hau·sa for 1.

a member of an indigenous people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger whose culture has been strongly influenced by Islam.

the language of the Hausa people, belonging to the Chadic branch of the Afroasiatic family, widely used in Africa as a language of commerce.

Example sentences from the Web for hausa

Chika, a well-to-do young Igbo woman, has been pulled to safety in a deserted shop by a Hausa Muslim woman.

The Hypocrite Killer |Jane Ciabattari |June 17, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
A Hausa was shot through the head and dropped across Fairholmes body.

The Message |Louis Tracy
These kola nuts are brought into the interior from the coast belt by the Hausa traders.

A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland |Meg Gehrts
It has been erroneously stated that the Fula imposed Mahommedanism on the Hausa states.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 |Various

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

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 |Various
In this region the ethnical relations are considerably more complex than in the Hausa States.

Man, Past and Present |Agustus Henry Keane

British Dictionary definitions for hausa

Hausa

/ (ˈhaʊsə) /

noun

plural -sas or -sa a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in N Nigeria

the language of this people: the chief member of the Chadic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is widely used as a trading language throughout W Africa and the S Sahara

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

Hausa

or Haus·sa

noun, plural Hau·sas, (especially collectively) Hau·sa for 1.

Example sentences from the Web for hausa

British Dictionary definitions for hausa

noun