Fu·la·ni (f  lä n , f-lä-) also Fu·la (fl )n. pl. Fulani or Fu·la·nis also Fula or Fu·las 1. A member of a pastoral, largely Muslim people inhabiting parts of West Africa from northern Nigeria to Mali and the Atlantic coast. 2. The West Atlantic language of this people. |
Fula [ˈfuːlə], Fulah [ˈfuːlɑː]
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1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -la, -las, -lah -lahs a member of a pastoral nomadic people of W and central Africa, living chiefly in the sub-Sahara region from Senegal to N Cameroon: a racial mixture of light-skinned Berber peoples of the North and darker-skinned W Africans
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people; Fulani
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| Noun | 1. |  Fula - a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faithAfrican - a native or inhabitant of Africa |
| 2. | Fula - a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages West African - a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa |
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