Kano

American  

[kah-noh] / ˈkɑ noʊ /

noun

1. a city in N Nigeria.

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Kano British  

/ ˈkeɪnəʊ, ˈkɑːnəʊ /

noun

1. a state of N Nigeria: consists of wooded savanna in the south and scrub vegetation in the north. Capital: Kano. Pop: 9 383 682 (2006). Area: 20 131 sq km (7773 sq miles)

2. a city in N Nigeria, capital of Kano state: transport and market centre. Pop: 674 100 (1996 est)

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Example Sentences

Just days later, anger surged once more after the death of Aisha Umar, a mother of five who ran a business from home, selling incense and fish in the northern city of Kano.

From BBC

The Kano State Hospitals Management Board said it had "suspended three personnel directly involved in the case from clinical activities with immediate effect", and has referred the case for further investigation and disciplinary action.

From BBC

In Kano, prison facility officer Abdullahi Umar is still mourning his wife, Ummu Kulthum Tukur, who died three years ago at the age of 27 after giving birth to twins at the state-run Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.

From BBC

Just this week, the northern Kano state said it had ordered an investigation into the death of a woman four months after doctors left a pair of scissors in her stomach following surgery.

From Barron's

Yet reconciling international expectations with local constraints is no easy task: Islam's sharia law code runs alongside common law in Kano state, the bustling cultural hub of northern Nigeria, and a government censor board reviews music and film production.

From Barron's