"Hausa" meaning in English

See Hausa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhaʊsə/ Audio: En-us-Hausa.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa Hausa. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ha|Hausa}} Hausa Hausa Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hausa
  1. The Chadic language spoken by these people. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (language): هَوْسَائِيَّة (hawsāʔiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), هَوْسَا (hawsā) [feminine] (Arabic), هَوْسِيَّة (hawsiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), հաուսա (hausa) (Armenian), hausa (Asturian), ḥausa (Asturian), ха́ўса (xáŭsa) [masculine] (Belarusian), ха́уса (háusa) (Bulgarian), haussa [masculine] (Catalan), 豪薩語 (Chinese Mandarin), 豪萨语 (Háosàyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), hauština [feminine] (Czech), haŭsa lingvo (Esperanto), hausa [neuter] (Faroese), hausa (Finnish), haoussa [masculine] (French), hausa (Galician), Hausa [neuter] (German), Hausa (Hausa), هَوُس (Hausa) (Hausa), Hásais [feminine] (Irish), ハウサ語 (Hausa-go) (Japanese), хауса (hausa) (Macedonian), zãngoeere (Moore), hausa [masculine] (Polish), hauçá [masculine] (Portuguese), ха́уса (xáusa) [masculine] (Russian), Igihawusa (Rwanda-Rundi), hauština [feminine] (Slovak), Kihausa (Swahili), hausa [common-gender] (Swedish), Hausaca (Turkish), Kpat (Tyap), га́уса (háusa) (Ukrainian), ха́уса (xáusa) (Ukrainian), Awúsá (Yoruba)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaʊsə/ Audio: En-us-Hausa.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa Hausa. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ha|Hausa}} Hausa Hausa Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Hausa pl (plural only)
  1. A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Translations (people): هَوْسَاوَة (hawsāwa) [masculine] (Arabic), Gambaru (Baatonum), haussa [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), haŭsoj [plural] (Esperanto), hausa (Finnish), Hausa [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Χάουσα (Cháousa) (Greek), Bahaushe [masculine] (Hausa), Bahaushiya [feminine] (Hausa), Hausawa (Hausa), ハウサ人 (Hausa-jin) (Japanese), Keńci (Nupe), Hausa (Polish), hauçá (Portuguese), Mhausa (Swahili), hausa (Swedish), A̱kpat (Tyap), Awúsá (Yoruba)
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Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "word": "Hásais"
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      "roman": "Hausa-go",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mos",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "hauçá"
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      "word": "га́уса"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xáusa",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ха́уса"
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      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
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    "Hausa language",
    "Hausa people"
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}

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