Definitions for GUINEA
ˈgɪn iguinea

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. guineanoun

   a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

2. Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guineanoun

   a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958

3. guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagrisnoun

   a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guineanoun

   Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.

2. Guineanoun

   Someone of Italian descent in the United States.

3. guineanoun

   A person of Italian descent.

4. guineanoun

   A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings and minted for use in England's trade with Africa; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.

5. guineanoun

   A ground-foraging bird of Africa, of the family Numididea. Domesticated strains include Pearl, White, Buff, Blue, Purple and Lavender. Also called guinea fowl.

6. Etymology: From Guinea, the country in West Africa.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUINEAnoun

   A gold coin valued at one and twenty shillings.

   Etymology: from Guinea, a country in Africa abounding with gold.

   By the word gold I must be understood to design a particular piece of matter; that is, the last guinea that was coined. John Locke.

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1. Guinea

   Guinea ( (listen) GHIN-ee), officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Cote d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. It has a population of 13.5 million and an area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi).Formerly French Guinea, it achieved independence in 1958. It has a history of military coups d'état. After decades of authoritarian rule, in 2010 it held its first democratic election. As it continued to hold multi-party elections, the country continued to face ethnic conflicts, corruption, and abuses by military and police. In 2011, the United States government claimed that torture by security forces and abuse of women and children (including female genital mutilation) were ongoing human rights issues. In 2021, a military faction overthrew president Alpha Condé and suspended the constitution.Muslims represent 85% of the population. The country is divided into four geographic regions: Maritime Guinea on the Atlantic coast, the Fouta Djallon or Middle Guinea highlands, the Upper Guinea savanna region in the northeast, and the Guinée forestière region of tropical forests. French, the official language of Guinea, is a language of communication in schools, in government administration, and the media. More than 24 indigenous languages are spoken and the largest are Susu, Pular, and Maninka, which dominate respectively in Maritime Guinea, Fouta Djallon, and Upper Guinea, while Guinée forestière is ethnolinguistically diverse. Guinea's economy is mostly dependent on agriculture and mineral production. It is the world's second largest producer of bauxite, and has deposits of diamonds and gold. The country was at the core of the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

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1. guinea

   A guinea is a unit of currency that was used in the United Kingdom before it was replaced by the pound. It was worth 21 shillings (or one pound and one shilling) in the old British currency system. Additionally, the term 'guinea' can also refer to a region in West Africa, a breed of domestic fowl, or an old British gold coin.

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1. Guineanoun

   a district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named

2. Guineanoun

   a gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817

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1. Guinea

   Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea, it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. It has a population of 10,057,975 and an area of 246,000 square kilometres. Forming a crescent as it curves from its western border on the Atlantic Ocean toward the east and the south, it shares its northern border with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali, and its southern border with Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. The sources of the Niger River, Gambia River, and Senegal River are all found in the Guinea Highlands. Conakry is Guinea's capital, largest city, and economic centre. Other major cities in the country include Kankan, Nzérékoré, Kindia, Labe, Guéckédou, Mamou and Boke. Guinea's 10 million people belong to twenty-four ethnic groups. The largest and most prominent groups are the Fula, Mandingo, and Susu. It is a predominantly Islamic country, with Muslims representing about 85 percent of the population. Christians, mostly Roman Catholic, make up about 10 percent of the population, and are mainly found in the southern region. French is the official language of Guinea, and is the main language of communication in schools, government administration, the media, and the country's security forces. More than twenty four indigenous languages are also spoken, of which the most common are Fula, Susu and Maninka. Fula is widely used in the Fouta Djallon region in central Guinea, Maninka in Eastern Guinea, and Susu in the coastal region of northwestern Guinea.

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1. Guinea

   gin′i, n. an English gold coin, no longer used=21s., so called because first made of gold brought from Guinea, in Africa.—ns. Guin′ea-corn, a cereal extensively cultivated in Central Africa and India—also Indian millet; Guin′ea-fowl, a genus of African birds in the pheasant family, having dark-gray plumage with round spots of white, generally larger on the back and under surface; Guin′ea-grass, a grass of the same genus with millet, a native of Guinea and Senegal; Guin′ea-hen (Shak.), a courtesan; Guin′ea-pepp′er (see Pepper); Guin′ea-pig, a small South American rodent, somewhat resembling a small pig, the cavy: (slang) a professional company director, without time or real qualifications for the duties; Guin′ea-worm, a very slender thread-like nematode worm common in tropical Africa.

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1. Guinea

   a name somewhat loosely applied to an extensive tract of territory on the W. coast of Africa, generally recognised as extending from the mouth of the Senegal in the N. to Cape Negro in the S., and is further designated as Lower and Upper Guinea, the boundary line being practically the Equator; the territory is occupied by various colonies of Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and the Negro Republic of Liberia.

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1. Guinea

   A republic in western Africa, south of SENEGAL and MALI, east of GUINEA-BISSAU. Its capital is Conakry.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guinea

   A West African term for “abounding in gold.” The English coin of this name was first struck in 1663 out of gold brought from the coast of Guinea.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUINEA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Guinea is ranked #67747 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Guinea surname appeared 291 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Guinea.
   
   83.8% or 244 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   11.3% or 33 total occurrences were White.
   3% or 9 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Coin
   • Domestic Fowl

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How to pronounce GUINEA?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say GUINEA in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GUINEA in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GUINEA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of GUINEA in a Sentence

1. Ayodele Odusola:

   If you look at Guinea, almost 85 percent of the potato trade with Sierra Leone is done by women, but because of the border closure, this activity was completely paralyzed, in Liberia (the impact of Ebola) crudely translates to families not being able to put any food on the table for a minimum of 15 days every year for the next three years.

2. The Ebola epidemicA scientist:

   This particular vaccine, although it's still experimental, does look hopeful from past experience in Guinea and Sierra Leone, but we don't know for sure, if in fact it is safe and effective, it really will be a game-changer in terms of being able to more quickly stop future Ebola epidemics.

3. Robert Mathurin Bidjang:

   On the 13th of February, we had two suspected cases. These are two 16-year-old children, a boy and a girl, who have no previous travel history to the affected areas in Equatorial Guinea.

4. Queen Victoria:

   I positively think that ladies who are always enceinte quite disgusting; it is more like a rabbit or guinea-pig than anything else and really it is not very nice.

5. Simon Lord:

   We have regarded them as 'our' smallholders, and since the beginning we have always collected the crop - there are no middlemen in Papua New Guinea - and trust has built up.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GUINEA
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Guinea
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=GUINEA
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GUINEA
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=GUINEA
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=GUINEA
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Guinea
10. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=GUINEA
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
12. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=GUINEA