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 Fu·la·ni /ˈfuˌlɑni, fuˈ/

 Fu·lahs, Foo·lahs, 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 Muslims. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah and Fulani are also used adjectively; as, Fulah or Fulani empire, tribes, language.
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 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]