Zaria
- proper noun
- At 3, his family moved to Zaria in northern Nigeria, where they settled as agricultural traders.
- Zaria in Nigeria
Examples
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Indeed, the image of the bicycle has been incorporated into house facade decoration in Zaria (Fig. 1) and Sokoto (Moughtin 1985:141-142).
Academic text (1999) -
Thus, a collection of handsome robes from Zaria in northern Nigeria proved useful in suggesting the aesthetic sophistication and craftsmanship of Black Africans.
Academic text (1991) -
Data from the North were collected from Gombe, Zaria, and Jos.
Academic text (2018) -
This study was primarily carried out in spring 1995, when both authors were affiliated with Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Academic text (1999) -
Ugbodagu Ngu was the first Nigerian instructor at Zaria College, now Ahmadu Bello University.
Academic text (1997) -
Similar works done in Zaria and Jos, Nigeria, revealed that the rainy season favors the proliferation of STH infections.
Academic text (2007) -
The following study is based on research among Hausa speakers (n3) in the Northern Nigerian city of Zaria, and to a lesser extent in Jos.
Academic text (1999) -
In the spring of 1995, for example, striking staff workers at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, having demonstrated at the main gate, proceeded down the double-lane thoroughfare toward the main campus.
Academic text (1999) -
In contrast, a gown from Zaria, Nigeria, dated to 1975, was made of olive-green factory-produced damask with machine embroidery in aqua-blue viscose thread.
Academic text (1996) -
In most of the ancient cities of Africa, such as Kano and Zaria in Nigeria, Timbuktu in Mali, Dakar in Senegal, and Banjul in Gambia, there is a clear distinction between the traditional and the modern culture.
Academic text (1996)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zaria is the name of a city in northern Nigeria and comes from the old Hausa area called Zazzau; a popular story says the name is also linked to a royal woman, so a helpful way to remember Zaria is to think of a historic town named after a place or person, which is why the word refers to the city today.