Zaria
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Zaria Smith, 27, of Dena Rebuild and her fellow organizers wanted to host the event in order to give kids and their parents a mental break.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
Kabir Abu Bilal is not your regular Nigerian university professor - he has a second job working as a welder in the northern city of Zaria.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2024
Like many in Zaria, a Muslim-majority city in northern Nigeria, Saidu expected to be married by 14 and to have her first child soon after.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023
One of Africa's most famous warrior queens, Amina of Zaria, is said to have inspired a certain Warrior Princess who conquered popular culture in the late '90s.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2023
“I went to Zaria last week, and it seemed that all everybody was saying was second coup, second coup. Even Radio Kaduna and the New Nigerian,” he said in Igbo.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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