cooter
Loanword
- Meaning
- Gullah Lowcountry: a freshwater turtle.
- Type
- Loanword
- Used in
- South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
What does “cooter” mean
Gullah Geechee word for a turtle (especially the freshwater Pseudemys species native to the Lowcountry), from the West African Bambara/Malinke 'kuta' meaning 'turtle'. The word entered Southern American English from Gullah.
Where it's used
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