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Kaduna

Kaduna proper noun: a state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kaduna City.

Proper noun

Kaduna

  1. A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kaduna City.
  2. The largest city and state capital of Kaduna State, Nigeria.
    • It was out of nowhere — we’d been talking about her fishponds and catfish in Kaduna.2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 137

Origin of Kaduna

From Hausa Kaduna.

Questions about Kaduna

What does Kaduna mean?
Kaduna means a state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kaduna City.
What part of speech is Kaduna?
Kaduna is a proper noun.

Words near Kaduna in the dictionary

  1. Kadris
  2. Kadrmas
  3. Kadrmases
  4. kadsurenone
  5. Kadu
  6. Kaduna
  7. kadupul
  8. kadupuls
  9. kady
  10. Kadyivka
  11. kadyrelite

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