Geechee

== English == === Alternative forms === Geechy, Geechie === 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). === 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) === Derived terms === Gullah Geechee === References ===