GULLAH


Meaning of GULLAH in English

/gul"euh/ , n.

1. a member of a population of black Americans inhabiting the Sea Islands and the coastal regions of South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida.

2. a creolized form of English spoken by the Gullahs, containing many words and grammatical features derived from African languages.

[ 1730-40; of uncert. orig.; variously identified with ANGOLA or the Gola, a Liberian ethnic group ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .