Hausa

noun

Hau·sa | \ ˈhau̇-sə

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, -zə\

plural Hausa or Hausas

Definition of Hausa

1 : the Chadic language of the Hausa people widely used in western Africa as a trade language

2 : a member of a people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger

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The first known use of Hausa was in 1853

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