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fulani
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fulani has 2 senses
- fulani(n = noun.person) fellata, fula, fulah, fulbe - a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith; Array is a kind of african
- fulani(n = noun.communication) ful, fula, peul - 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; Array is a kind of west african
CIDE DICTIONARY
fulani, n. pl.
A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs , Foulahs , and Fellani . Fulah and Fulani are also used adjectively; as, Fulah or Fulani empire, tribes, language. [1913 Webster]
fulani, n.
The language of the Fulani people, a member of the Niger-Congo family of languages. [PJC]
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