Katsina
Britishnoun
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a state of N Nigeria. Capital: Katsina. Pop: 5 792 578 (2006). Area: 24 192 sq km (9341 sq miles)
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a city in N Nigeria, in Katsina state: a major intellectual and cultural centre of the Hausa people (16th–18th centuries). Pop: 530 000 (2005 est)
Example Sentences
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At the end of 2020, 344 boys were taken from a school in Katsina.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Amid mounting fears over security in Africa's most populous nation, authorities in the nearby states of Katsina and Plateau ordered all schools to close as a precautionary measure.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
The body of Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died aged 82 in a London clinic on Sunday is being flown home to be buried in his hometown in Katsina state.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
Muhammadu Buhari was born in December 1942 in Daura in Katsina state in the far north of Nigeria, near the border with Niger.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025
He eventually succeeded in triumphing over his enemies, conquering Mali on the west and Agades, Katsina, Kano, Zegzey, and Sanfara on the east.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
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