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Meaning of "Fula" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FULA

Fula  [ˈfuːlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FULA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fula is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FULA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Fula in the English dictionary

The definition of Fula in the dictionary is -la, -las, -lah, -lahs. a member of a pastoral nomadic people of W and central Africa, living chiefly in the sub-Sahara region from Senegal to N Cameroon: a racial mixture of light-skinned Berber peoples of the North and darker-skinned W Africans. Other definition of Fula is the language of this people; Fulani.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FULA


Beulah
ˈbjuːlə
cooler
ˈkuːlə
doula
ˈduːlə
Dyula
diːˈuːlə
Eula
ˈjuːlə
gula
ˈɡuːlə
gular
ˈɡuːlə
hula
ˈhuːlə
hula-hula
ˈhuːləˈhuːlə
intercooler
ˌɪntəˈkuːlə
ispaghula
ˌɪspəˈɡuːlə
kula
ˈkuːlə
Lobengula
ˌləʊbənˈɡjuːlə
pooler
ˈpuːlə
preschooler
ˈpriːskuːlə
puler
ˈpuːlə
ruler
ˈruːlə
scheduler
ˈʃɛdjuːlə
spooler
ˈspuːlə
tooler
ˈtuːlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FULA

Fuji
Fuji-san
Fujian
Fujita scale
Fujiyama
Fukien
Fukuoka
Fukushima
Fukuyama
Fulah
Fulani

WORDS THAT END LIKE FULA

arugula
aula
curricula
Dracula
formula
insula
ligula
matricula
nebula
peninsula
pula
regula
San Pedro Sula
spatula
tabula
tarantula
the Peninsula
Tula
Ursula
vincula

Synonyms and antonyms of Fula in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Fula» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FULA

Find out the translation of Fula to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Fula from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Fula» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

福拉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Fula
570 millions of speakers

English

Fula
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Fula
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فولا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Фуле
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Fula
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Fula
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fula
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラニ語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

풀라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fula
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Fula
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Fula
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Fula
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fula
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fula
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фуле
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fula
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Fula
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Fula
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Fula
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fula
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Fula

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FULA»

The term «Fula» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.036 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Fula
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FULA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Fula» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Fula» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Fula

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULA»

Discover the use of Fula in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Fula and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
African Entrepreneurship:
African Entrepreneurship makes an important contribution to the understudied role of African business in Sierra Leone.
Alusine Jalloh, 1999
2
Language History and Linguistic Description in Africa
Rolf Theil Endresen Department of Linguistics, University of Oslo P.O.Box 1102 Blindem N-03 17 Oslo, Norway In my work with the diachronic study of Fula verbal morphology (Endresen 1993a, 1993b, 1994, forthcoming), I have found it ...
Ian Maddieson, Thomas J. Hinnebusch, 1998
3
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ful, Tel alUSE Fül Site Fûl, Tel elUSE Fül Site Fül, Tell a1USE Fül Site Fûl, Tell elUSE Fül Site Ful (African people) USE Fula (African people) Ful language USE Fula language Fül Site [DS 1 10. F83] UF Fül, Tall al Fül, Tall (Jordan) [Former ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2004
4
Freedom in Fulani Social Life: An Introspective Ethnography
In addition, when choosing one of the two aspects in Fula, the semantic content of the verb influences the choice, which is not the case with choice of tense in English. Let us take an easy and striking example. Here are two English phrases: "I ...
Paul Riesman, 1998
5
Constraints on Pulaar Phonology
Pulaar is a dialect of Fula which is generally classified as a member of the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo (Greenberg, 1966). 1.3 OVERVIEW Several terms (Ful, Fulbe, Fula, Fulfulde, Fulani, Fellati, Fulakunda, Fuutanke, Fulanka, ...
Mamadou Ousmane Niang, 1997
6
Grammatical Voice
2.1 Fula Among languages of the West Atlantic group of Niger-Congo, Fula is currently the best researched and has the largest number of speakers. Most of its speakers are dispersed over an enormous area extending from the Atlantic coast  ...
M. H. Klaiman, 1991
7
The Gambia & Senegal
Traditionally, the Fula were nomadic cattle herders and the constant search for grazing land partly explains their wide dispersal across the region. The early adoption of Islam by some Fula branches also contributed to their spread, as converts ...
Katharina Kane, 2009
8
Library of Congress Subject Headings
—Jordan Jordan—Antiquities Ful (African people) USE Fula (African people) Ful language USE Fula language Fula (African ... Fula (African people) Adamawa Fulani (African people) Eastern Fulani (African people) Felata (African people) ...
‎1989
9
New Dimensions in African Linguistics and Languages
(10) Pre-Fula and Proto-Fula Short Imperfective Endings (11) Pre-Fula and Proto- Fula Long Imperfective Endings Two sound changes must be postulated for the Pre-Fula endings to develop into the Proto-Fula forms. These sound changes ...
Paul A. Kotey, 1999
10
Fula Basic Course
A basic language learning text for Fula. Fula, also known as Peul, Fulani, is spoken principally in northern Nigeria. The Sene-Gambian dialect of Fula is represented in the text. The glossary is Fula-English.
Lloyd Balderston Swift, Kalilu Tambadu, Paul G. Imhoff, 1972

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Fula is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hussein Fatal, Outlawz Member, Dies in Fatal Car Accident in New …
Fatal is the third member of the group to die. Yaki Kadafi (aka Yafeu Akiyele Fula) was murdered in 1996, following Shakur's unfortunate death. «The BoomBox, Jul 15»
2
Two arrested for duping bank of Rs8.32lakh | Nagpur NYOOOZ
Three brothel owners, Fula Dhanavat, Tarana Kasiya and Munnibai Kalkhor have been booked. Police said an NGO informed them about two ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
3
Gambians Denounce Nationality in Italy
"As a Malian, I can easily spot out a Gambian for I have lived in both Senegal and The Gambia, and I can speak fluent Fula, Mandingo, Wolof ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Time to bring magic to the marketplace
... speaks — Sangho from the Central African Republic, Fula from West Africa, Swahili, Portuguese, French, English, Spanish and Italian. «BDlive, Jul 15»
5
Independent South Sudan's Economic Woes
Fula water company, one of the few manufacturing businesses operating in South Sudan, was forced to shutdown in December of last year ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
6
Wife-stealing festival to be held in Sahara
Wodaabe, who speak the Fula language and herd long-horned Zebu cattle, is the vainest of the African tribes and consider themselves the ... «Daily Pakistan, Jul 15»
7
"My Dream Is to Support and Develop the Gambia Film Industry"
Ans: My name is Omar Leigh, I am a Fula by tribe and a Gambian by nationality. I was born on the 6 March, 1986 in Ndungu Kebbeh, North ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
The Wodaabe wife-stealing festival where men dress up to take …
Wodaabe, who speak the Fula language and herd long-horned Zebu cattle, is the vainest of the African tribes and consider themselves the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Immigration judges make life-altering decisions in overbooked courts
The biggest share are conducted through Spanish or Mandarin interpreters, but today's calendar also shows Nepali, Urdu, Fula and Quechua, ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»
10
Mali: money, land and the young
The Lamhar in Tilemsi are part of the forces of MOJWA, the radical Islamist group that attracts Fula from Mali and from other West African ... «Le Monde Diplomatique, Jul 15»

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