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| What Does Haruna Mean? by amor4ce(m): 2:25am On Oct 01, 2011 |
What is the meaning of Haruna? Where is it from? Ijebu? I would be very grateful upon getting the answers from my fellow Nairalanders. I have learnt a lot o this forum. |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by tpia5: 5:54am On Oct 01, 2011 |
haruna is a muslim yoruba name. possibly derived from the arabic harun, meaning aaron. |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by denzel2009: 7:13am On Oct 01, 2011 |
Haruna is the name of a giant gorilla in Ibadan zoo |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by amor4ce(m): 3:32pm On Oct 01, 2011 |
tpia@, thanks a lot. But, I doubt if I have come across that name amongst non Yoruba Nigerian muslims. denzel2009, is the gorilla still there? |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by hazureal(f): 3:36pm On Oct 01, 2011 |
Yup. The embalmed body of the gorilla's still there. |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by lepasharon(f): 2:45am On Oct 02, 2011 |
abi o!all these ambiguous names also wat is the meaning of: Shittu, tawa, fasasi? |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by tpia5: 3:13am On Oct 02, 2011 |
they're all yoruba muslim names. the original meaning is in arabic. fasasi however is probably traditional yoruba. |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by amor4ce(m): 7:28pm On Oct 05, 2011 |
Sounds like the the name of the Jebusite from whom David bought the threshing floor on which the Temple was built - Araunah. |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by namfav(m): 9:13am On Oct 10, 2011 |
tpia@: it is a hausa name (with arabic origin) 1 Like |
| Re: What Does Haruna Mean? by tpia5: 3:42pm On Oct 10, 2011 |
it's found among hausas as well. |
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