Fulani

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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