Zaria
[ zahr-ee-uh ]
/ ˈzɑr i ə /
noun
a city in N central Nigeria.
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Example sentences from the Web for zaria
Other towns, like Zaria, may do as much trade, but Kano is pre-eminent as a manufacturing centre.
Leaving Zaria, he proceeded westward, along the route by which he had come into the country.
Great African Travellers|W.H.G. KingstonZaria was said to contain fifty thousand inhabitants, a population exceeding that of Kano.
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British Dictionary definitions for zaria
Zaria
/ (ˈzɑːrɪə) /
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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