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fellani |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, n. pl.; sing. {Fulah}, {Foolah}. (Ethnol.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also {Fellatahs}, {Foulahs}, and {Fellani}. Fulah is also used adjectively; as Fulah empire, tribes, language.
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