Kano

[kah-noh]

noun

1. a city in N Nigeria.

Kano

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Ismail Danyaro, a resident of the northern city of Kano, said he had backed Buhari since he first contested the presidency in 2003.

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"I thanked God because I was almost dying. I had no strength left, I had nothing left," Ms Salahu tells the BBC from Kano state in the north of the country.

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The 28-year-old from Kano state is now expecting her fifth baby.

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Alex Klein, the founder of Kano, the company that made the Stem player, told The Times in 2022 that West was initially “very funny, and can be super candid,” but after his collapse into neo-Nazi sloganeering, Klein said, “I asked Kanye not to take the path he’s on. We’ve told him that we’re unable to work together while he’s putting out racial conspiracy theories.”

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She says she used creams she bought at her local supermarket in the city of Kano, without a doctor's prescription.

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