English noun: Fulani | |||
1. | Fulani (person) a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith | ||
Synonyms | Fellata, Fula, Fulah, Fulbe | ||
Broader (hypernym) | African | ||
2. | Fulani (communication) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Ful, Fula, Peul | ||
Broader (hypernym) | West African | ||