noun
1. a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
• Syn: ↑Hausa
• Hypernyms: ↑Nigerian
2. the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
• Syn: ↑Hausa
• Hypernyms: ↑West Chadic
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nounsee hausa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.