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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From the {{l|en|Ogeechee River}}, a river in {{l|en|South Carolina}}, where this West African derived community settled. From {{m|en|Ogeechee}}, from the Muskogee language term meaning "river of the Uchees", from {{der|en|mus|Uchee}}, the Muskogee Creek name for the Yuchi people (an exonym provided by the Creek) |
From the {{l|en|Ogeechee River}}, a river in {{l|en|South Carolina}}, where this West African derived community settled.<ref> F. W. Bradley, [https://read.dukeupress.edu/pads/article-pdf/14/1/3/450362/0140003.pdf "A Word-List from South Carolina"], Publications of the American Dialect Society, Number 14, November 1950 </ref> From {{m|en|Ogeechee}}, from the Muskogee language term meaning "river of the Uchees", from {{der|en|mus|Uchee}}, the Muskogee Creek name for the Yuchi people (an exonym provided by the Creek) |
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<ref> F. W. Bradley, [https://read.dukeupress.edu/pads/article-pdf/14/1/3/450362/0140003.pdf "A Word-List from South Carolina"], Publications of the American Dialect Society, Number 14, November 1950 </ref> |
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====Alternative forms==== |
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Revision as of 22:35, 5 April 2020
English
Etymology
Clipping of Ogeechee.. From the Ogeechee River, a river in South Carolina, where this West African derived community settled.[1] 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)
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Geechee
- Gullah (South Carolina island language and culture)
Noun
Geechee (plural Geechees or Geechee)
- Gullah (member of South Carolina island culture)
Adjective
Geechee (comparative more Geechee, superlative most Geechee)
- Gullah (pertaining to South Carolina island culture)
References
- ^ F. W. Bradley, "A Word-List from South Carolina", Publications of the American Dialect Society, Number 14, November 1950