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gullah

Gul·lah
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [guhl-uh]
    • /ˈgʌl ə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [guhl-uh]
    • /ˈgʌl ə/

Definitions of gullah word

  • noun gullah a member of a population of black Americans inhabiting the Sea Islands and the coastal regions of South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida. 1
  • noun gullah a creolized form of English spoken by the Gullahs, containing many words and grammatical features derived from African languages. 1
  • noun gullah a member of a Negroid people living on the Sea Islands or in the coastal regions of South Carolina, Georgia, and NE Florida 0
  • noun gullah the creolized English spoken by these people 0
  • noun gullah a member of a group of former slaves and their descendants living on the Sea Islands and in adjacent isolated coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia 0
  • noun gullah the English creole spoken by the Gullahs, containing vocabulary and grammatical features from various West African languages 0

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Origin of gullah

First appearance:

before 1730
One of the 48% newest English words
1730-40; of uncertain origin; variously identified with Angola or the Gola, a Liberian ethnic group

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Parts of speech for Gullah

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gullah popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

gullah usage trend in Literature

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