Fu·la /ˈfulə/
Fula
n 1: a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa;
they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
[syn: Fulani, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe]
2: a family of languages of the Fulani people 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: Ful, Fulani, Peul]