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Geechee

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Gullah (pertaining to South Carolina island culture)

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name

Meaning 2

Gullah (South Carolina island language and culture)

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noun

Meaning 3

Gullah (member of South Carolina island culture)

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History

Etymology

Clipping of Ogeechee. From the Ogeechee River, a river in South Carolina, where this West African derived community settled. From Ogeechee, from the Muskogee language term meaning "river of the Uchees", from Creek Uchee, the Muskogee Creek name for the Yuchi people (an exonym provided by the Creek).