Geechee

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proper noun

Gullah (South Carolina island language and culture)

OriginCreek Uchee →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Geechy · alternative Geechie

  1. Gullah (South Carolina island language and culture)
nounGeechee (plural Geechees or Geechee)

plural Geechees · alternative Geechy · alternative Geechie

  1. Gullah (member of South Carolina island culture)
adjectiveGeechee (comparative more Geechee, superlative most Geechee)

comparative more Geechee · superlative most Geechee · alternative Geechy · alternative Geechie

  1. Gullah (pertaining to South Carolina island culture)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
gullah

Origin

  1. CreekUchee
  2. EnglishGeechee

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).

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APA

Geechee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geechee

MLA

“Geechee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geechee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Geechee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geechee.

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