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Zaria

American  
[zahr-ee-uh] / ˈzɑr i ə /

noun

  1. a city in N central Nigeria.


Zaria British  
/ ˈzɑːrɪə /

noun

  1. 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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One of Africa's most famous warrior queens, Amina of Zaria, is said to have inspired a certain Warrior Princess who conquered popular culture in the late '90s.

From Salon

Creek; her fiance, Nick Meade; and four children, including Meade’s other daughter, Zaria Meade, 11, were in the home that night, the family said.

From Washington Post

The alleged kidnappings were the fourth armed attack on an educational institute in Kaduna state in the past five months and the third on the Zaria hospital.

From Washington Post

The attack took place at the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning.

From BBC

Zaria, where the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre hospital is located, has been particularly hard hit, and the attack was the third on the hospital.

From Reuters