Kaduna
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Kaduna
- A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kaduna City.
- 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.
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Kaduna
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From kadunnā̀, an obsolete plural of kadā (“crocodile”).
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Kadunā̀ m
- Kaduna (a state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone)
- Kaduna (a city, the state capital of Kaduna State, Nigeria)
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From English Kaduna, ultimately from an obsolete plural of Hausa kadā (“crocodile”)
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Kàdúná