gele

American  

[ge-lee] / ˈgɛ li /

noun

gele, plural geles plural

1. a head-tie or headscarf traditionally worn by Yoruba and other West African women.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gele
  plural
• geles
  plural

Example Sentences

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gele geles

Theresa Duru wore traditional Nigerian apparel, including a head tie, called a gele, that billowed toward the ceiling like a cumulus cloud as she busted moves and turned heads.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

They reclaimed the Yoruban gele, wrapped their heads in ornate turbans and flaunted their freedom and their West African ancestry.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2020

Elaborate headpieces and intricate braids actually predate slavery in the Americas and can be traced back to Africa, where headwraps, such as the gele, remain popular.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2017

Later that night, the party continued at the Park at Fourteenth, where the bride and her bridesmaids changed into traditional Nigerian gele, elaborately wrapped headscarves.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2017

S. keke 3. gele 1. adv., a little, somewhat.

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)

And then that little bag references the African geles, the hats, that I’ve been exploring.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2022

Although she is a third-generation Californian, she divides her time between her Los An geles home and a Paris studio, at times painting landscapes, but concentrating mostly on faces.

From Time Magazine Archive

The earliest financial backer of the new Los An geles museum, he gave Brown a check for $1,000,000 to get it underway, now sits on the board of directors.

From Time Magazine Archive

That different dissolved substances can be separated by their different rates of diffusion through wetted powders and geles had been known since the early twentieth century, but was largely forgotten because not often needed.

From The Hate Disease by Leinster, Murray