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PRONUNCIATION OF HAUSA

Hausa  [ˈhaʊsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAUSA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hausa is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAUSA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Hausa in the English dictionary

The definition of Hausa in the dictionary is -sas, -sa. a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in N Nigeria. Other definition of Hausa is the language of this people: the chief member of the Chadic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is widely used as a trading language throughout W Africa and the S Sahara.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAUSA


amorosa
ˌæməˈrəʊsə
chouser
ˈtʃaʊsə
curiosa
ˌkjʊərɪˈəʊsə
degausser
diːˈɡaʊsə
delouser
diːˈlaʊsə
dosa
ˈdəʊsə
douser
ˈdaʊsə
Formosa
fɔːˈməʊsə
gloriosa
ˌɡləʊrɪˈəʊsə
grocer
ˈɡrəʊsə
grouser
ˈɡraʊsə
mimosa
mɪˈməʊsə
mucosa
mjuːˈkəʊsə
samosa
səˈməʊsə
scabiosa
ˌskeɪbɪˈəʊsə
scouser
ˈskaʊsə
submucosa
ˌsʌbmjuːˈkəʊsə
Tolosa
təˈləʊsə
tosa
ˈtəʊsə
warehouser
ˈwɛəˌhaʊsə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAUSA

Hauptmann
Hauraki Gulf
hauriant
hausen
hausfrau
Haussmann
haussmannise
haussmannize
haustella
haustellate
haustellum
haustoria
haustorial
haustorium
haut monde
Haut-Rhin

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAUSA

anchusa
arethusa
babirusa
Brusa
causa
empusa
honoris causa
hydromedusa
Jebel Musa
Katharevousa
Katharevusa
Lampedusa
medusa
Nicholas of Cusa
Ragusa
rusa
Siracusa
Sousa
Susa

Synonyms and antonyms of Hausa in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hausa» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAUSA

Find out the translation of Hausa to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Hausa from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hausa» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

豪萨语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hausa
570 millions of speakers

English

Hausa
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हौसा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهوسا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хауса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hausa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাউসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hausa
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hausa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hausa
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハウサ語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하우사어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hausa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hausa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Hausa,
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हौसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hausa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Hausa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hausa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Хауса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hausa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Χάουσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hausa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hausa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hausa
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hausa

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAUSA»

The term «Hausa» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.343 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Hausa
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Hausa».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAUSA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Hausa» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Hausa» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hausa

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAUSA»

Discover the use of Hausa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hausa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Hausa-English Dictionary
As a guide to pronunciation, headwords and illustrative sentences are fully marked for tone and vowel length. The book adopts a unique approach to the presentation of verb forms that clarifies lexical relationships and their correct usage.
Paul Newman, 2007
2
Muslim Women Sing: Hausa Popular Song
In Muslim Women Sing, Beverly B. Mack shows Muslim women in northern Nigeria actively involved in creative activity.
Beverly Blow Mack, 2004
3
Sabon Kamus na Hausa zuwa Turanci: masu shiryawa Paul Newman ...
It includes a large number of modern words adopted into Hausa. Main entries give spelling and punctuation, variant spellings and cross-references, and special notations for verbs.
Paul Newman, Roxana Ma Newman, Bayero University College. Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, 1977
4
Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century
This volume examines the roles of a wide variety of women, from wives and workers to political activists and mythical figures, and it emphasizes that women have been educators and spiritual leaders in Hausa society since precolonial times.
Catherine M. Coles, Beverly Mack, 1991
5
Hausa
Hausa is a major world language, spoken as a mother tongue by more than 30 million people in northern Nigeria and southern parts of Niger, in addition to diaspora communities of traders, Muslim scholars and immigrants in urban areas of West ...
Philip J. Jaggar, 2001
6
Hausa Urban Art and Its Social Background: External House ...
When I concluded the survey in 1985 the material collected included 75 recorded life stories of craftsmen. When I finally completed the manuscript of this book hardly any of the old traditional external wall decorations had survived.
Friedrich W. Schwerdtfeger, 2007
7
Surviving with Dignity: Hausa Communities of Niamey, Niger
Surviving with Dignity focuses on the lived experience of two generations of migrant Hausa men in Niamey, Niger s capital city, set in a larger social matrix of national and global transformations.
Scott M. Youngstedt, 2013
8
Dictionary of the Hausa Language
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Charles Henry Robinson, 2009
9
Readings in Gender in Africa
Reference Stephen Murray & Will Roscoe (eds) (1998), Boy Wives & Female Husbands: Studies of African Homosexualities, London: Macmillan As a student of Hausa, the most widely spoken language in West Africa, and a graduate student ...
Andrea Cornwall, 2005
10
Hausa
Examines the history, customs, and daily life of the Hausa, a tribe of people living in West Africa
Ronald G. Parris, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAUSA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hausa is used in the context of the following news items.
1
South Africa Two Worrying Trends | News24
Luo interests in Kenya, or Nigeria's Hausa / Igbo disaster that was the Biafra war – tribalism causes conflict. One thing apartheid did was unite ... «News24, Jul 15»
2
Holstein breeders flock to Illinois for annual convention
This award is given annually to a Holstein Association USA (HAUSA) member or partnership between the ages of 21 and 40. It recognizes the ... «Farmers Advance, Jul 15»
3
The Lessons And The Tasks Before The New Deji Of Akure By Dr …
I had earlier warned in all of my previous articles there is a chance that an Igbo man or an Hausa or Ebira or Urhobo, Idoma or Ijaw man who ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
4
​Sultan to Nigerians: Support Buhari, he's the change you asked for …
Buhari, Sultan and Hausa/Fulani created a lot of problems for Jonathan. God will not forgive them. Sultan, Buhar, Ango Abdullahi, Lawan Kaita ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»
5
Compelling Reasons Why Nnamdi Kanu's Biafra Project Must Be …
Nigeria has three major ethnic groups: Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo. The Hausa/Fulani Empire has Hausa people stretching all through the ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
6
Beggars, Almajirai Relocate To Abuja | - Leadership
One of the beggars on the pedestrian bridge who responded to enquiries from our correspondent said in Hausa language that she is from Kano ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
7
Gas explosion kills seven people in Jigawa, two injured - DailyPost …
... sustained varied degrees of injuries after a wielding gas cylinder exploded in Ruba Village of Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
8
Gas explosion leaves seven persons killed, two injures in Jigawa …
... sustained varied degrees of injuries after a wielding gas cylinder exploded in Ruba Village of Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
9
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Victory At Dawn - a Night of Horror Recalled
My wife who speaks impeccable Hausa confirmed that these blood cuddling youngsters had their conversation in Fulfude (Fulani language) ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
10
Ali-Gabass begins 25-year jail term (PHOTOS) - Graphic Online
... Presiding Judge, Ms Rita Agyeman Budu, pronounced judgement and rose to her chambers, the convict's wife broke down, saying in Hausa, ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hausa [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hausa>. Apr 2024 ».
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