Fula n 1: a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith [syn: {Fulani}, {Fulah}, {Fellata}, {Fulbe}] 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 [syn: {Ful}, {Fulani}, {Peul}]