Gullah

Etymology
as a male black slave's proper name, of. Traditionally linked by to an apheresis of  (where many African slaves were carried from), or an apparent West African ethno-tribal group called the.

See more at the Wikipedia article, including other theories.

Proper noun

 * 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.
 * 1) The culture surrounding this language and geography.

Translations

 * Danish: gullah
 * French:
 * Swedish: gullah

Noun

 * 1) A member of the Gullah culture.

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to the Gullah language and culture.
 * The music of George Gershwin’s Porgie and Bess was inspired in part by Gullah "shouts".