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Geechee

Pronunciation: /ˈgiːtʃiː/

Definition of Geechee

noun

1 [mass noun] an English creole spoken by blacks in parts of South Carolina and Georgia. Compare with Gullah.

2a speaker of Geechee.

Origin:

from the name of the Ogeechee River, in Georgia, US

Geechee in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Geechee in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

gee ²
gee ³
gee whiz
gee-gee
geebung
Geechee
geegaw
geek ¹
geek ²
geekery
geekspeak

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