Gullah

English

Proper noun

Gullah

  1. 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.
    Gullah has been spoken continuously since before the Civil War.
  2. The culture surrounding this language and geography.

Translations

Noun

Gullah (plural Gullahs or Gullah)

  1. A member of the Gullah culture.

Adjective

Gullah (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the Gullah language and culture.
    The music of George Gershwin’s Porgie and Bess was inspired in part by Gullah "shouts".

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