abstract:Melungeon ( ) is a term traditionally applied to one of numerous "tri-racial isolate" groups of the Southeastern United States; historically, Melungeons were associated with the Cumberland Gap area of central Appalachia, which includes portions of East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky. Tri-racial describes populations thought to be of mixed European, sub-Saharan African and Native American ancestry.
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any of a dark-skinned group of people of the Appalachians in E Tennessee, of mixed Indian, White, and Black ancestry 默伦琴人; 美国田纳西州东部阿巴拉契亚山脉的深肤色人种，为印第安人、白人和黑人的混血后裔