Gullah

发音

/ˈɡʌl.ə/

词形变化

Gullahs 复数 Gullahs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of the Gullah culture.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the Gullah language and culture.

    The music of George Gershwin’s Porgie and Bess was inspired in part by Gullah "shouts".

name
  1. 1.

    A creole of English and various African languages spoken on a group of islands off the coast of the Carolinas and Georgia in the Southern United States.

    Gullah has been spoken continuously since before the Civil War.

  2. 2.

    The culture surrounding this language and geography.

相关短语

Gullah Geechee

词源

First attested in 1739 as a male black slave's proper name, of unclear origin. Traditionally linked by folk etymology to an apheresis of Angola (where many African slaves were carried from), or an apparent West African ethno-tribal group called the Gola people. See more at the Wikipedia article Gullah, including other theories.

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