| 单词 |
Fulani |
| 释义 |
Fulani, n. and a.|ˈfuːlənɪ, fuːˈlɑːnɪ|
[Native name.]
= Fulah n. and a.; spec. the Fulah of northern Nigeria and adjacent territories.
1855S. Crowther Jrnl. Exped. Niger 147 We had not seen a real Filani, till we came to the neighbourhood of Hamaruwa. 1860R. Campbell Pilgr. Motherland ix. 105 Every person in Ilorin is said to speak both the Aku and Fulanee languages. 1901[see Fulah n. and a.]. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Feb. 145/1 The Fulani form perhaps the one group that is really of ambiguous status. 1932J. Cary Aissa Saved i. 6 A half-bred Fulani girl with big soft eyes and a fine golden skin. 1957Encycl. Brit. I. 312/1 The most important non-Negro group to be found in the region is the Fulani (Fula, Peul), a people of white Mediterranean race closely related to the Berbers. 1960Guardian 15 July 14/3 Although the ruling classes [in northern Nigeria] are still Fulani, they early on became assimilated with the Hausas. 1960G. Durrell Zoo in my Luggage vi. 150 A herd of the long horned Fulani cattle..surrounded us... They were huge, beautiful beasts of a dark chocolate brown, with enormous melting eyes and a massive spread of white horns, sometimes as much as five feet from tip to tip. |
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