Kaduna

From Hausa Kaduna

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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.
   • 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 137:

     It was out of nowhere — we’d been talking about her fishponds and catfish in Kaduna.

• 𞤳𞤢𞤣𞤵𞤲𞤢

From English Kaduna.

Kaduna

1. Kaduna (a state of Nigeria)

From kadunnā̀, an obsolete plural of kadā (“crocodile”).

• IPA^(key): /ká.dúː.ná/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kə́.dúː.nə́]

Kadunā̀ m

1. Kaduna (a state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone)
2. Kaduna (a city, the state capital of Kaduna State, Nigeria)

From English Kaduna, ultimately from an obsolete plural of Hausa kadā (“crocodile”)

• IPA^(key): /kà.dú.nã́/

Kàdúná

1. Kaduna (a state of Nigeria)
2. Kaduna (a town, the state capital of Kaduna State, Nigeria)