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Definitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
  • noun the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language

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Examples

  • → Jean-Claude shrugged his shoulders = Jean-Claude haussa les épaules to shrug one's shoulders = hausser les épaules

    façonner - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • © 2009 Tresor TV Produktions GmbH; Suomen huippumalli haussa

    Slate Magazine Torie Bosch 2009

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. Nigerian
  2. west chadic

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