Fula Definition

fo͝olä, fo͝olə
noun
The Niger-Congo language spoken by the Fulanis.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A language spoken in West Africa.

Wiktionary

A West-African people.

Wiktionary

Origin of Fula

  • From Manding languages, ultimately from Fula root ful- (pul-)

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Fula Sentence Examples

  • The palace of the emir, in front of which is a large open space, is in the Fula quarter in the south-east of the city.

  • The Hausa system of government and taxation was adopted by the Fula when in the early part of the 19th century that Mahommedan people overran the Hausa states.

  • It has been erroneously stated that the Fula imposed Mahommedanism on the Hausa states.

  • The Fula form the aristocratic class.

  • Barth, however, concluded that the present town does not date earlier than the second half of the 1 6th century, and that before the rise of the Fula power (c. 1800) scarcely any great Arab merchant ever visited Kano.

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Words Starting With

FFUFUL

Words Ending With

ALAULA

Unscrambles

Fula

Words Starting With F and Ending With A

Starts With F & Ends With AStarts With FU & Ends With AStarts With F & Ends With LA

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With F4 Letter Words Ending With A