fulani

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fulani - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fulani \Fu"la*ni\ n.
     The language of the Fulani people, a member of the
     Niger-Congo family of languages. --RHUD
     [PJC]

  Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, Fulani \Fu"la*ni\, n.
     pl.; sing. Fulah, Foolah. (Ethnol.)
     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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Fulani
      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]