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Zauren

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Architecture

The linked (genitive) form of zaure, 'entrance hall, porch', used in phrases such as 'the zaure of [a house]'. Robinson glosses zaure (pl. zauruka) as 'hall, a porch'.

The elders met in the zauren of the chief's house.

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