Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a pastoral, largely Muslim people inhabiting parts of West Africa from northern Nigeria to Mali and the Atlantic coast.
- noun The Atlantic language of this people, widely used as a lingua franca in West Africa.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The language of the Fulani people, a member of the Niger-Congo family of languages.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
- noun 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
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Examples
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The soldiers accused Diaw and his family, along with others in the village, of being "Fulani" - an ethnicity not welcome in the country.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Lauren Glendenning lglendenning@vaildaily.com 2009
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The soldiers accused Diaw and his family, along with others in the village, of being "Fulani" - an ethnicity not welcome in the country.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Lauren Glendenning lglendenning@vaildaily.com 2009
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The God’s Story program (www. thegodsstory.net …) has been produced in Fulani and Hausa by NEMA.
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Mr. Thompson has maintained that statements she made in that call, which was in her native language of Fulani, were inaccurately reported in news articles.
Strauss-Kahn Sued By New York Maid Michael Rothfeld 2011
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For example, Pat Buchanan ran for president on the Reform ticket with radical leftist therapist Leonora Fulani as vice president.
Unstrategic Alliances, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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A phone call to her jailed boyfriend conducted in "a unique dialect of Fulani" was recorded.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Reputations suffer in this rush to judgment | Observer editorial 2011
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A phone call to her jailed boyfriend conducted in "a unique dialect of Fulani" was recorded.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Reputations suffer in this rush to judgment | Observer editorial 2011
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Their shops have been attacked and looted and therefore, they have been moving to the Fulani areas.
Party Official Concerned About Proposed Guinea Vote Date 2010
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But Newsweek reports prosecutors did not have a full transcript of the call, which had been conducted in a dialect of Fulani, Diallo's language.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn accuser breaks silence over alleged sex assault 2011
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In the Buchanan/Fulani team up, Fulani had a lot of funds and Buchanan had more repsectability in mainstream politics.
Unstrategic Alliances, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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