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Gullah

Pronunciation: /ˈgʌlə/

Definition of Gullah

noun (plural same or Gullahs)

  • 1a member of a black people living on the coast of South Carolina and nearby islands.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Creole language of the Gullah, having an English base with elements from various West African languages. It has about 125,000 speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Gullah or their language.

Origin:

perhaps a shortening of Angola, or from Gola, the name of an agricultural people of Liberia and Sierra Leone

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