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fulani
(encz) | Fulani, |
Fulani
(gcide) | Fulani \Fu"la*ni\ n.
The language of the Fulani people, a member of the
Niger-Congo family of languages. --RHUD
[PJC] |
Fulani
(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] |
fulani
(wn) | Fulani
n 1: a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western
Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim
faith [syn: Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe]
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 [syn:
Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Fulani
(gcide) | Fulani \Fu"la*ni\ n.
The language of the Fulani people, a member of the
Niger-Congo family of languages. --RHUD
[PJC]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] |
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