"Geechee" meaning in English

See Geechee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more Geechee [comparative], most Geechee [superlative]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Ogeechee}} Clipping of Ogeechee, {{der|en|mus|Uchee}} Creek Uchee Head templates: {{en-adj}} Geechee (comparative more Geechee, superlative most Geechee)
  1. Gullah (pertaining to South Carolina island culture) Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Geechee-en-adj-77oVvW9Q Disambiguation of People: 33 35 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Geechy, Geechie

Proper name

Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Ogeechee}} Clipping of Ogeechee, {{der|en|mus|Uchee}} Creek Uchee Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Geechee
  1. Gullah (South Carolina island language and culture) Categories (topical): Languages, People
    Sense id: en-Geechee-en-name-fs-ADkkM Disambiguation of Languages: 26 49 25 Disambiguation of People: 33 35 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 65 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 71 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 84 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Geechy, Geechie

Noun

Forms: Geechees [plural], Geechee [plural]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Ogeechee}} Clipping of Ogeechee, {{der|en|mus|Uchee}} Creek Uchee Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Geechee}} Geechee (plural Geechees or Geechee)
  1. Gullah (member of South Carolina island culture) Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Geechee-en-noun-HflNNi7f Disambiguation of People: 33 35 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Geechy, Geechie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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