| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith.[Wordnet] 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.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Fulani" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
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| Fulani Empire | The Fulani Empire was one of the most powerful states in sub-Saharan Africa in the years prior to European colonization. (references) | ||
| Fulani War | Fulani war 1804-1810 also know as Fulani Holy War or Jihad of Usman dan Fodio was a military conquest in present day Nigeria and Cameroon. Expelled from Gobir by his former student Yunfa in 1802, Islamic reformer Usman dan Fodio assembled a Fulani army to lead in jihad against the Hausa kingdoms of the north. Realizing the threat that Usman's forces posed, Yunfa assembled the other Hausa rulers to oppose him. (references) | ||
| Lenora Fulani | Lenora Branch Fulani (b. April 25, 1950, birth name Lenora Branch) is a developmental psychologist, psychotherapist and political activist in the United States. She is best known for her unusual political organizations and presidential campaigns. In the 1988 presidential election, she became the first woman and the first African American to achieve ballot access in all fifty states. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: Fulani | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Lenora Fulani | 33 | Dan Fulani | 9 | |
| Fulani Empire | 9 | Fulani (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Dan Fulani | 9 | Fulani Empire | 9 | |
| Fulani War | 4 | Fulani War | 4 | |
| Fulani (alternative meanings) | 2 | Lenora Fulani | 33 | |
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| Position | Synonyms (sorted by strength) | |
Noun |
Fula. | |
Other |
Fellata, Ful, Fulah, Fulbe, Peul. | |
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | فولاني (Fulani). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | فولاني (Fulani). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | فولاني (Fulani). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | fula (Fulani). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 富拉尼人 (fulani). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 富拉尼人 (fulani). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | Foulani (Fulani). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | Foulani (Fulani). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | فولاني (Fulani). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | fula (Fulani). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | фулани (Fulani). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | fulani (Fulani). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | фулани (Fulani). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | fulani (Fulani). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Fulani. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “Fulani” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | Fathagulathaganathagi (Fulani). Additional references: Athag, Fulani. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | Fagulaganagi (Fulani). Additional references: Double Dutch, Fulani. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | |#(_)|/-\^/| (Fulani). Additional references: Leet, Fulani. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | Fopulopanopi (Fulani). Additional references: Oppish, Fulani. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | Ulanifay (Fulani). Additional references: Pig Latin, Fulani. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | fulaa (Fulani). Additional references: Terran B, Fulani. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | Fubulubanubi (Fulani). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Fulani. (volunteer) | |||
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