/ Dictionary / Index F Fulani: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Fu•la•ni Pronunciation: (f'lä-nē, foo-lä'-), [key] — pl. -nis, -ni a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon. the language of the Fulani, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Wolof. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: fulani (Thesaurus) Fulah Fulani Empire Related Content Daily Word Quiz: fabricate Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language