hausa

/ˈhaʊsə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.78 in modern English

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noun

name

"She tells me she’s been intensively studying Hausa these past weeks, that it’s such a unique and precise language, one that you write the way you speak it, very historical and more Arabian than she’d thought."

Borrowed from Hausa Hausa.

Hausaland

Hausa genet Wiktionary’s coverage of Hausa terms

Wiktionary’s coverage of Hausa terms

haussa

desousa

Questions

How do you pronounce hausa?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaʊsə/.

What does hausa mean?

A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.

Where does hausa come from?

Borrowed from Hausa Hausa.

How to pronounce hausa

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