fula

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fula - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Fula
      n 1: a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western
           Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim
           faith [syn: Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe]
      2: 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 [syn:
         Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul]