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Sarauniya

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Royal Title

A queen. Robinson glosses sarauniya as 'queen, wife of a king', and cross-refers sarkanya with the same meaning. The term is the feminine counterpart of sarki.

The legend of Queen Amina of Zazzau calls her a sarauniya.

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