Zaria

[ zahr-ee-uh ]

noun

1. a city in N central Nigeria.

Zaria

/ ˈzɑːrɪə /

noun

1. a city in N central Nigeria: former capital of a Hausa state; agricultural trading centre; university (1962). Pop: 822 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Zaria was said to contain fifty thousand inhabitants, a population exceeding that of Kano.

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Leaving Zaria, he proceeded westward, along the route by which he had come into the country.

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Other towns, like Zaria, may do as much trade, but Kano is pre-eminent as a manufacturing centre.

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