\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.