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Meaning of "Fulah" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FULAH

Fulah  [ˈfuːlɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FULAH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fulah 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 FULAH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fulah

Fula people

The Fula people or Fulani or Fulɓe are one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in Africa, numbering approximately 40 million people in total. They form one of the most widely dispersed and culturally diverse of the peoples of Africa. The Fulani are bound together by the common language of Fulfulde, as well as by some basic elements of Fulbe culture, such as The pulaaku, a code of conduct common to all Fulani groups. A significant proportion of their number,, are nomadic, making them the largest pastoral nomadic group in the world. Spread over many countries, they are found mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, but also in Sudan and Egypt.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FULAH


belah
ˈbiːlɑː
belar
ˈbiːlɑː
blah
blɑː
dharmsala
dɑːmˈsɑːlɑː
dharmshala
dɑːmˈʃɑːlɑː
escolar
ˌɛskəˈlɑː
fa-la
fɑːˈlɑː
galah
ɡəˈlɑː
Hela
ˈhelɑː
hoopla
ˈhuːplɑː
Kevlar
ˈkɛvˌlɑː
la
lɑː
lah
lɑː
Lala
ˈlɑːlɑː
lar
lɑː
moolah
ˈmuːlɑː
pela
ˈpeɪlɑː
Shangri-la
ˌʃæŋɡrɪˈlɑː
tra-la
ˌtrɑːˈlɑː
zilla
ˈzɪlɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FULAH

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FULAH

Abdullah
Al Hillah
Allah
ayatollah
Beulah
Bismillah
blah blah
challah
Delilah
Gullah
havdalah
Hezbollah
Hizbollah
inshallah
kabbalah
mashallah
mullah
Ramallah
selah
wallah

Synonyms and antonyms of Fulah in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Fulah» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FULAH

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

Translator English - Chinese

Fulah
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Fulah
570 millions of speakers

English

Fulah
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Fulah
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Fulah
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Fulah
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Fulah
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুলাহ্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fulah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fulah
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラニ語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

풀라어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fulah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Fulah
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஃபுலா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुलाह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fulah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fulah
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fulah
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Fulah
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fulah
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Fulah
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Fulah
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Fulah
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fulah
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Fulah

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FULAH»

The term «Fulah» is regularly used and occupies the 104.549 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FULAH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Fulah» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Fulah» 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 Fulah

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULAH»

Discover the use of Fulah in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Fulah and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ...
English Wolofi' Sereres English Wolofi' Fulah English Wolofi' Mandingo Fulah Saracolé Sereres Bagnon English Woloff Mandingo Saricolé E 'ns/i Wolgfl“ Man ' ingo Englgh Wolo ~ Fulah '\ Sereres'l English Wolof.' Mandingo Fulah Saracolé ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1848
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ...
The Fulah Group of Languages. — It is necessary to enumerate the chief localities of the Fulah nation before any notice is taken of the language. The great extent of the Fulah area, the irregular distribution of the Fulah tribes, and the apparent ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting, 1848
3
Report of the Annual Meeting
The Fulah Group of Languages. — It is necessary to enumerate the chief localities of the Fulah nation before any notice is taken of the language. The great extent of the Fulah area, the irregular distribution of the Fulah tribes, and the apparent ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting, 1848
4
The Living Races of Mankind
The Fulah. The physical characters of the Fulah race show that they are not Negroes, and they have even been regarded as Malays, and some striking coincidences with Malayan culture exist in the West Soudan. But the Fulah are probably a ...
Henry Neville Hutchinson, John Walter Gregory, Richard Lydekker, 1985
5
Library of Congress Subject Headings
F8; UF Fulah Empire Fulani Empire Sokoto Empire BT Fula (African people)-—— History——19th century Fula folk literature USE Folk literature, Fula Fula folk poetry USE Folk poetry, Fula Fula folk-songs USE Folk-songs, Fula Fula Islamic ...
‎1989
6
Library of Congress Subject Headings
BT Gambia-History Senegal-History-To 1960 Fulah (African people) USE Fula ( African people) Fulah language USE Fula language Fulah literature USE Fula literature Fulah poetry USE Fula poetry Fulahs USE Fula (African people) Fulani  ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2005
7
Jews and Muslims in the Arab World: Haunted by Pasts Real ...
In 1910, the Zionists arranged for the purchase of land in al-Fulah, gateway to the fertile Jezreel Valley. Now the major Israeli regional center known as Afula, al- Fulah (understood by medieval Muslim geographers as an Arabic toponym ...
Jacob Lassner, Selwyn Ilan Troen, 2007
8
Report of the ... Meeting
Coupers Fuhth. — A short vocabulary of the language of Massina, collected for Mr. Hodgson by Mr. Couper. — Notes on Northern Africa, p. 74. 4. Hodgson-s Fulah. — Slightly different from the last ; but probably representing an allied dialect.
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1848
9
Seventeenth Meeting ; Held At Oxford In June 1847: 16
Couper's Fulah.-A short vocabulary of the language of Massina, collected for Mr. Hodgson by Mr. C ouper.—-Notes on Northern Africa, p. 74. 4-. Hodgson's Fulah. —Slightlydifl'erent from the last; but probably repre— senting an allied dialect.
‎1848
10
A Sketch of the Modern Languages of Africa: Accompanied by a ...
Faidherbe remarks that no one would dream of making a slave of an Arab, as he would certainly assassinate his master ; nor can any adult Fulah be kept as slaves, as they would certainly escape. Even a female Fulah proverbially at St. Louis ...
Robert Needham Cust, 1883

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULAH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Fulah is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Protecting the vote: African Politics Is Africa rising?
If a Fulah of Sierra Leonean origin can do the job better, vote him in. What matters in the end is a prosperous Sierra Leone with everything it ... «The New Rising Sun, Jun 15»
2
Ambrotype of Runaway Slave and Other Photos Highlight African …
That is, Omar ibn Said (1770-1864), a Fulah from Senegal who was captured and enslaved and whose manuscript narrative, in Arabic, sold at ... «Maine Antique Digest, Jun 15»
3
Eye on Presidency: Boakai Address 2017, Failed Foya Project
There was a Fulah man who reared my uncle and every time I ran away and went to the old man, he will go to the old man and demand that he ... «Front Page Africa, Jun 15»
4
30 scary Halloween words in Irish
Vampire: Deamhan fola (djow-agn fulah). Blood: Foil (fwill). Werewolf: Coinríocht (kon-ree-ukth). Devil/Demon: Deabhal djowl (death bás baws). «IrishCentral, Oct 14»
5
Abyei will not be among West Kordofan electoral districts: official
Ibrahim, who was speaking to the election officers after a swearing-in ceremony in Al-Fulah town, added that the districts covered by his ... «Sudan Tribune, Oct 14»
6
Eight Burnt to Death in Monrovia
Eyewitnesses, who trooped the scene, told this paper that the eight persons, who were consumed by the fire, included a renowned Fulah ... «AllAfrica.com, Oct 14»
7
Localizing an operating system for a language with no high-tech …
When Senegalese Mozillan Ibrahima Sarr translated Firefox OS into Fulah, he had to coin an entire technological vocabulary, so "crash" ... «Boing Boing, Sep 14»
8
Cookies, caches and cows
Ibrahima Sarr, a Senegalese coder, led the translation of Firefox into Fulah, which is spoken by 20m people from Senegal to Nigeria. “Crash” ... «The Economist, Sep 14»
9
Ebola is not a National Fight: It is Money and Bucket Donation Politics
I know the biggest importers of buckets in Liberia are the Fulah people. But can the Fulah people import the level of buckets being donated by ... «Perspective, Sep 14»
10
Browser giant Mozilla Firefox launches Welsh language version for …
Designed for the Android operating system, which has an 80% share of the smartphone market, Welsh is joined by Armenian, Basque, Fulah, ... «WalesOnline, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Fulah [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fulah>. Apr 2024 ».
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