Gullah

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A creole of English and various African languages spoken on a group of islands off the coast of the Carolinas and Georgia in the Southern United States.
• The culture surrounding this language and geography.

Noun

• A member of the Gullah culture.

Adjective

• Pertaining to the Gullah language and culture.

Related

Similar words

• Geechee

Origin

• First attested as a male black slave's proper name , of Unknown. Traditionally linked by folk etymology to an apheresis of Angola (where many African slaves were carried from), or an apparent West African ethno-tribal group called the Gola people.
• See more at the Wikipedia article Gullah, including other theories.