Zaria

[zahr-ee-uh]

noun

a city in N central Nigeria.

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Other towns, like Zaria, may do as much trade, but Kano is pre-eminent as a manufacturing centre.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6
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Zaria was said to contain fifty thousand inhabitants, a population exceeding that of Kano.
Great African Travellers
W.H.G. Kingston
Leaving Zaria, he proceeded westward, along the route by which he had come into the country.
Great African Travellers
W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for zaria

Zaria

noun

a city in N central Nigeria: former capital of a Hausa state; agricultural trading centre; university (1962). Pop: 822 000 (2005 est)

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