Gullah

[ guhl-uh ]

noun
  1. a member of a population of Black Americans inhabiting the Sea Islands and the coastal regions of South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida.

  2. a creolized form of English spoken by the Gullahs, containing many words and grammatical features derived from African languages.

Origin of Gullah

1
1730–40; of uncertain origin; variously identified with Angola or the Gola, a Liberian ethnic group

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British Dictionary definitions for Gullah

Gullah

/ (ˈɡʌlə) /


noun
  1. plural -lahs or -lah a member of a Negroid people living on the Sea Islands or in the coastal regions of South Carolina, Georgia, and NE Florida

  2. the creolized English spoken by these people

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