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nahiya (plural nahiyas)
- Alternative form of nahiyah
Borrowed from Arabic نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya).
- IPA(key): /náː.hí.jàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [náː.hɪ́.jàː]
nāhiyā̀ f (plural nāhiyōyī, possessed form nāhiyàr̃)
- region, district
- continent