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Noun: Haussa  haw-su
  1. A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
    - Hausa
     
  2. The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
    - Hausa

Derived forms: Haussas

Type of: Nigerian, West Chadic

Encyclopedia: Haussa