Hausa
noun
a member of an Indigenous people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger whose culture has been strongly influenced by Islam.
Hausas
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pluralof Hausa.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Goodluck Jonathan – who served from 2010 to 2015 – had a relatively balanced team of two ethnic Fulanis, two Hausas, one Atyap, one Igbo, one Yoruba and one Calabar.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
But the Chadian government refused to allow them passage, which led to a community of Hausas eventually settling in Darfur and other parts of Sudan.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2022
It gave rise to the authorities' belief that these communities, including the Hausas, were behind the opposition protests - and some of them were expelled from Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2022
The Hausas in the north, who furnish the backbone of Britain's tough West African Rifles, are Moslems.
From Time Magazine Archive
On his arrival he had simply marched into the place at the head of his columns of Hausas without ceremony, almost as a master, into the very presence of the King.
From A Millionaire of Yesterday by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
