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The Word 'Lafiya'
The word 'lafiya' is from the Hausa language, used by millions of people, primarily in West Africa. It is an all-round, general positive word.
lafiyà |
(f.) health, well-being, safety
Teach Yourself Hausa, Kraft & Kirk-Greene, Hodder and Stoughton, 1973
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lafiya |
health, i.e. good health
Dictionary of the Hausa Language, Robinson, Cambridge University Press, 1925
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Given all that, and an affectation for the language on the part of the founder of Lafiya Systems, it seemed a good name at the time and still seems a good name today.
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