Fula
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}]