Haussa uncommon obsolete noun 1. a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria SynonymsHausa 2. the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language SynonymsHausa Related words Broader terms West ChadicNigerian WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.