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Geechee
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English
Alternative forms
en Geechy Geechie
Etymology
en Ogeechee.
From the en Ogeechee River, a river in en South Carolina, where this West African derived community settled. F. W. Bradley, "A Word-List from South Carolina", Publications of the American Dialect Society, Number 14, November 1950 From en Ogeechee, from the Muskogee language term meaning "river of the Uchees", from en mus Uchee, the Muskogee Creek name for the Yuchi people (an exonym provided by the Creek).
Proper noun
Gullah (South Carolina island language and culture)
Noun
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Gullah (member of South Carolina island culture)
Adjective
Gullah (pertaining to South Carolina island culture)
Derived terms
Gullah Geechee
References
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