Hausa

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Hausa

  • /ˈhaʊsə/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hausa Hausa.

noun

  1. plural, plural only A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.

proper noun

  1. The Chadic language spoken by these people. 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.

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noun people

日本語ハウサ人 Hausa-jin
KiswahiliMhausa
Portuguêshauçá
ΕλληνικάΧάουσα Cháousa
العربيةهَوْسَاوَة hawsāwa

name language

日本語ハウサ語 Hausa-go
中文豪薩語 /豪萨语 Háosàyǔ
KiswahiliKihausa
Portuguêshauçá
Françaishaoussa
DeutschHausa
Русскийха́уса xáusa
العربيةهَوْسَائِيَّة hawsāʔiyya, هَوْسَا hawsā, هَوْسِيَّة hawsiyya

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MLA

"Hausa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hausa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Hausa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hausa

Chicago

"Hausa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hausa.

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@misc{hausa_2026,
  title = {Hausa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hausa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}