Zaria

[zahr-ee-uh]

noun

a city in N central Nigeria.

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Examples from the Web for zaria

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