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Alhaji|ælhædʒɪ|
Also Alhajji; fem. Alhaja.
[a. Hausa, ad. Arab.: see prec.]
In Nigeria: = hadji, hajji; a Nigerian who has made the hadj.
1945J. Patterson in Ann. Rep. N. Prov. Nigeria 1944 1 The account of the year's events from Katsina records the death of the Emir Alhajji Muhammadu Dikko, C.B.E., a man with a high idea of service to this Government and to his people. 1953Nigeria Handbk. 298 Emir of Katsina, Alhaji the Hon. Usuman Nagogo, C.B.E., M.H.R. 1966C. Achebe Man of People xiii. 158, I remember the first time I woke up in the hospital and felt my head turbanned like an Alhaji. 1977Sunday Times (Lagos) 2 Jan. 12 (caption) The 1976 Hajj is now behind us, but its memories linger in many Nigerian homes as new alhajis and alhajas swell the ranks of Nigerians who have performed the pilgrimage. 1981Glaxo Group News Mar. 9/4 Viewers saw and heard Glaxo Nigeria chairman Alhaji Chief Edu perform the ceremony. |