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FULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fula mean?
• FULA (noun)
The noun FULA has 2 senses:
1. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
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
Familiarity information: FULA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Fellata; Fula; Fulah; Fulani; Fulbe
Hypernyms ("Fula" is a kind of...):
African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Fula" is a kind of...):
West African (a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa)
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