katsina

IPA: kɑtsˈinʌ

Root Word: Katsina

A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Katsina City.
The largest city and state capital of Katsina State, Nigeria.
An emirate in West Africa centred on the city of Katsina; now mostly ceremonial.
Alternative form of kachina [(Pueblo culture) A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).]

Examples of "katsina" in Sentences

For the girls, katsina dolls tied with boughs of juniper.
He holds two katsina dolls, their painted faces glazed by the sun.
The agility with which this particular katsina moves, and the long lines of his body, are familiar.
Hanging on the white walls are carved katsina dolls, like the ones that Ruthann told me about weeks ago.
I wanted to carve katsina dolls, but only Hopi men can do that—women are supposed to carve with their wombs, if you get my drift.