HAUSSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haussa mean? 

• HAUSSA (noun)
  The noun HAUSSA has 2 senses:

1. a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria

2. the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language

  Familiarity information: HAUSSA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAUSSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hausa; Haussa

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

Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Hausa; Haussa

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

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