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katsina

katsina is the alternative form of kachina.

Meaning of kachina

Noun

kachina (plural kachinas)

  1. A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
  2. A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
    Synonyms:
    kachina doll, kachina figure
  3. A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.

Proper noun capitalized: Katsina

Katsina

  1. A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Katsina City.
  2. The largest city and state capital of Katsina State, Nigeria.
  3. An emirate in West Africa centred on the city of Katsina; now mostly ceremonial.

Forms of katsina

pluralkatsinas
pluralkatsinam

Origin of katsina

From Hausa Katsina.

Questions about katsina

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

Words near katsina in the dictionary

  1. katsaridaphobia
  2. Katsaros
  3. Katsaroses
  4. Katsav
  5. Katsho
  6. katsina
  7. katsinam
  8. katsinas
  9. katsu
  10. katsudon
  11. Katsumi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: katsina (page history and authors); Katsina (page history and authors); kachina (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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