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    HAUSSA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading languageplay

    Synonyms:

    Hausa; Haussa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("Haussa" is a kind of...):

    West Chadic (a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeriaplay

    Synonyms:

    Hausa; Haussa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Haussa" is a kind of...):

    Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)

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