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  • proper noun A West-African people.
  • proper noun A language spoken in West Africa.

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

  • Fula is a muffler for warming the user's body and soul on a cold winter's day.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Red 2008

  • Fula is a muffler for warming the user's body and soul on a cold winter's day.

    Amagatana+Fula Red 2008

  • Mr Diallo represents the Peul ethnic group - also known as the Fula - while Mr Conde is supported by the Malinkes.

    BBC News - Home 2010

  • But the CD "I Speak Fula" wisely avoids crossovers with Western music and cameos by foreign celebrities.

    Bassekou Kouyate And The African Lute 2010

  • (Soundbite of music) Unidentified People: (Singing in foreign language) EYRE: Bassekou calls this CD "I Speak Fula," but Fula is not his language.

    Bassekou Kouyate And The African Lute 2010

  • Fula é um sistema para aquecer o corpo e a mete num dia frio de Inverno.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Red 2008

  • His group explores traditional griot music and the blues on its deeply satisfying 2009 release "I Speak Fula."

    Summer Sounds, Outdoors and Outside City Limits 2010

  • Fula é um sistema para aquecer o corpo e a mete num dia frio de Inverno.

    Amagatana+Fula Red 2008

  • While I loved Segu Blue for its slower moments (of which I Speak Fula exhibits plenty), the real charm of his latest is in the upbeat tracks.

    Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: From Maori to Mali 2009

  • SOON Ministries produce several free single-sheet outreach papers geared for West Africa: Soon in easy-English, Bientot in African French, and Badake in several Fula dialects.

    West Africa Resources 2007

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