Hausa
- noun
- There are even several economic networks of Hausa and Songhay traders that sponsor "trade children" in New York City.
- Hausa-Fulani
- Hausa traders
- Hausa merchants
Examples
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Do I look like a Hausa man?
Fiction book (1991) -
But the people in the north, that is, the Hausa, who also purchase textiles in Aba, they like dark, dark cloth more than white.
Academic text (2006) -
Don't you know these Hausa people?
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To lesser degrees, his sense of trust and comfort extends to other Hausa traders and then to other West African traders.
Academic text (2002) -
Hausa merchants, women as well as men, walked about in heavy camel's-hair robes.
Academic text (2002) -
Despite the overarching similarities in the nature of the hidden trade between Yola and the Hausa towns and cities, there are some fundamental differences.
Academic text (1993) -
It turns out the Hausa man is innocent, and it was indeed a Yoruba Prince who murdered the Igbo woman and the others.
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The association with transportation, wealth, and trade makes bicycles a particularly appropriate icon for the Hausa, renowned throughout West Africa as long-distance traders.
Academic text (1999) -
But so, in their own way, were the Sothos, the Dinka, the Fulani, the Wolof, the Hausa, and many other African nations.
Academic text (1995) -
The Hausa community in northern Nigeria celebrates their cultural heritage through vibrant festivals.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Hausa comes from the name the people use for themselves, Hausawa, which means 'Hausa people' in their own language. So Hausa as a noun means a person who belongs to that group in northern Nigeria and nearby regions.