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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of a largely pastoral Muslim people of West Africa.
2. 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 wordnet
3. 3
   a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A language spoken in West Africa.

Synonyms

All synonyms

fulahfulanifulbepeulenglishfellata

Etymology

* From Manding languages, ultimately from Fula root ful- (pul-)

Related phrases

west africa

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.