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Hausa in Arabic

هَوْسَاوَة hawsāwa

/ˈhaʊsə/

Hausa in Arabic: هَوْسَاوَة (hawsāwa), هَوْسَائِيَّة (hawsāʔiyya), هَوْسَا (hawsā), هَوْسِيَّة (hawsiyya). In English, Hausa means a people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.

Arabic words for Hausa

people
هَوْسَاوَة hawsāwa
language
هَوْسَائِيَّة hawsāʔiyya, هَوْسَا hawsā, هَوْسِيَّة hawsiyya

English meaning of Hausa

  1. noun A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.
  2. proper noun The Chadic language spoken by these people.

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Questions about Hausa in Arabic

What is the meaning of Hausa in Arabic?
Hausa in Arabic is هَوْسَاوَة (hawsāwa), هَوْسَائِيَّة (hawsāʔiyya), هَوْسَا (hawsā), هَوْسِيَّة (hawsiyya).
ما معنى كلمة Hausa؟
Hausa: هَوْسَاوَة (hawsāwa), هَوْسَائِيَّة (hawsāʔiyya), هَوْسَا (hawsā), هَوْسِيَّة (hawsiyya).
What does Hausa mean in English?
Hausa means a people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hausa (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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