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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
              which it
              was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go
              for twenty shillings; but it never went for less
              than twenty-one shillings.            --Pinkerton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra.
  
     Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
        setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
        Guinea.
  
     Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
        guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
  
     Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zo["o]l.), an African
        gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the
        pheasants. The common domesticated species ({Numida
        meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the
        head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small
        white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ({Numida cristata)
        is a finer species.
  
     Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
        Amomum.
  
     Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
        jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
        and Southern United States.
  
     Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
        Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
        Guinea hen.
  
     Guinea peach. See under Peach.
  
     Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica,
        a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West
        Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper
        [AE]thiopicum.
  
     Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a
        large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae],
        having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
        which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.
  
     Guinea worm (Zo["o]l.), a long and slender African nematoid
        worm ({Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in
        the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
        painful sores.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Peach \Peach\, n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che,
     fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a
     peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.] (Bot.)
     A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two
     seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree
     which bears it ({Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica). In the wild
     stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
  
     Guinea, or Sierra Leone, peach, the large edible berry
        of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing
        shrub of west tropical Africa.
  
     Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris
        speciosa).
  
     Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom.
  
     Peach-tree borer (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a clearwing moth
        ({[AE]geria, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family
        [AE]geriid[ae], which is very destructive to peach trees
        by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
        moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
     1. 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. 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.
  
              The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
              which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663,
              and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went
              for less than twenty-one shillings.   --Pinkerton.
  
     Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra.
  
     Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
        setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
        Guinea.
  
     Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
        guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
  
     Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zo["o]l.), an African
        gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the
        pheasants. The common domesticated species ({N.
        meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the
        head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small
        white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ({N. cristata) is a
        finer species.
  
     Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
        Amomum.
  
     Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
        jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
        and Southern United States.
  
     Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
        Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
        Guinea hen.
  
     Guinea peach. See under Peach.
  
     Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica,
        a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West
        Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper
        [AE]thiopicum. 
  
     Guinea pig. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.]
        (a) (Zo["o]l.) A small Brazilian rodent ({Cavia cobaya),
            about seven inches in length and usually of a white
            color, with spots of orange and black.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  guinea
       n 1: a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
       2: offensive terms for a person of Italian descent [syn: wop,
           dago, greaseball]
       3: a republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a
          French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
          [syn: Republic of Guinea, French Guinea]
       4: a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white;
          native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the
          world [syn: guinea fowl, Numida meleagris]

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) :   [ world95 ]

  Guinea
  
  Guinea:Geography
  
   Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
   Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
  
   Map references: Africa
  
   Area:
   total area: 245,860 sq km
   land area: 245,860 sq km
   comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon
  
   Land boundaries: total 3,399 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Cote d'Ivoire
   610 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652
   km
  
   Coastline: 320 km
  
   Maritime claims:
   exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
   territorial sea: 12 nm
  
   International disputes: none
  
   Climate: generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to
   November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with
   northeasterly harmattan winds
  
   Terrain: generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior
  
   Natural resources: bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium,
   hydropower, fish
  
   Land use:
   arable land: 6%
   permanent crops: 0%
   meadows and pastures: 12%
   forest and woodland: 42%
   other: 40%
  
   Irrigated land: 240 sq km (1989 est.)
  
   Environment:
   current issues: deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water;
   desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing
   natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility
   during dry season
   international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
   Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands;
   signed, but not ratified - Desertification
  
  Guinea:People
  
   Population: 6,549,336 (July 1995 est.)
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 44% (female 1,450,501; male 1,448,164)
   15-64 years: 53% (female 1,784,420; male 1,691,502)
   65 years and over: 3% (female 102,735; male 72,014) (July 1995 est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 2.43% (1995 est.)
  
   Birth rate: 43.43 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Death rate: 19.13 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
   note: Guinea has received about 400,000 refugees from the civil wars
   in Liberia and Sierra Leone; the continued fighting in Sierra Leone
   will likely drive more refugees into Guinea in 1995; on the other
   hand, peace may be achieved in Liberia and permit Liberian refugees to
   return home
  
   Infant mortality rate: 136.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 44.6 years
   male: 42.31 years
   female: 46.95 years (1995 est.)
  
   Total fertility rate: 5.79 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Guinean(s)
   adjective: Guinean
  
   Ethnic divisions: Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller tribes
   10%
  
   Religions: Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%
  
   Languages: French (official); each tribe has its own language
  
   Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
   total population: 24%
   male: 35%
   female: 13%
  
   Labor force: 2.4 million (1983)
   by occupation: agriculture 80.0%, industry and commerce 11.0%,
   services 5.4%, civil servants 3.6%
  
  Guinea:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
   conventional short form: Guinea
   local long form: Republique de Guinee
   local short form: Guinee
   former: French Guinea
  
   Digraph: GV
  
   Type: republic
  
   Capital: Conakry
  
   Administrative divisions: 33 administrative regions (regions
   administratives, singular - region administrative); Beyla, Boffa,
   Boke, Conakry, Coyah, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye, Faranah, Forecariah,
   Fria, Gaoual, Gueckedou, Kankan, Kerouane, Kindia, Kissidougou,
   Koubia, Koundara, Kouroussa, Labe, Lelouma, Lola, Macenta, Mali,
   Mamou, Mandiana, Nzerekore, Pita, Siguiri, Telimele, Tougue, Yomou
  
   Independence: 2 October 1958 (from France)
  
   National holiday: Anniversary of the Second Republic, 3 April (1984)
  
   Constitution: 23 December 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)
  
   Legal system: based on French civil law system, customary law, and
   decree; legal codes currently being revised; has not accepted
   compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
  
   Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state and head of government: President Lansana CONTE,
   elected in the first multi-party election 19 December 1993; prior to
   the election he had ruled as head of military government since 5 April
   1984
   cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president
  
   Legislative branch: unicameral
   People's National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale Populaire): the
   People's National Assembly was dissolved after the 3 April 1984 coup;
   framework established in December 1991 for a new National Assembly
   with 114 seats; legislative elections, tentatively scheduled for 1994,
   were not held and are now rescheduled for 11 June 1995
  
   Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel)
  
   Political parties and leaders: political parties were legalized on 1
   April 1992
   pro-government: Party for Unity and Progress (PUP)
   other: Rally for the Guinean People (RPG), Alpha CONDE; Union for a
   New Republic (UNR), Mamadou BAH; Party for Renewal and Progress (PRP),
   Siradiou DIALLO; Movement of Patriotic Democrats (MDP), Ahmed Tidiane
   CISSE
  
   Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO (observer), ECA, ECOWAS, FAO,
   G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
   INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD,
   UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
  
   Diplomatic representation in US:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Elhadj Boubacar BARRY
   chancery: 2112 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
   telephone: [1] (202) 483-9420
   FAX: [1] (202) 483-8688
  
   US diplomatic representation:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph A. SALOOM III
   embassy: 2nd Boulevard and 9th Avenue, Conakry
   mailing address: B. P. 603, Conakry
   telephone: [224] 44 15 20 through 44 15 23
   FAX: [224] 44 15 22
  
   Flag: three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and
   green; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the
   flag of Rwanda, which has a large black letter R centered in the
   yellow band
  
  Economy
  
   Overview: Although possessing major mineral and hydropower resources
   and considerable potential for agricultural development, Guinea
   remains one of the poorest countries in the world. The agricultural
   sector contributes about 40% to GDP and employs 80% of the work force,
   while industry accounts for 27% of GDP. Guinea possesses over 25% of
   the world's bauxite reserves. The mining sector accounted for 85% of
   exports in 1991. Long-run improvements in literacy, financial
   institutions, and the legal framework are needed if the country is to
   move out of poverty. Except in the bauxite industry, foreign
   investment remains minimal.
  
   National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.3 billion (1994
   est.)
  
   National product real growth rate: 0.8% (1994 est.)
  
   National product per capita: $980 (1994 est.)
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): 16.6% (1992 est.)
  
   Unemployment rate: NA%
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $449 million
   expenditures: $708 million, including capital expenditures of $361
   million (1990 est.)
  
   Exports: $622 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)
   commodities: bauxite, alumina, diamonds, gold, coffee, pineapples,
   bananas, palm kernels
   partners: US 23%, Belgium 12%, Ireland 12%, Spain 12%
  
   Imports: $768 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.)
   commodities: petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport
   equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, and other grain
   partners: France 26%, Cote d'Ivoire 12%, Hong Kong 6%, Germany 6%
  
   External debt: 2.5 billion (1992)
  
   Industrial production: growth rate NA%; accounts for 27% of GDP
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 180,000 kW
   production: 520 million kWh
   consumption per capita: 77 kWh (1993)
  
   Industries: mining - bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light
   manufacturing and agricultural processing industries
  
   Agriculture: accounts for 40% of GDP (includes fishing and forestry);
   mostly subsistence farming; principal products - rice, coffee,
   pineapples, palm kernels, cassava, bananas, sweet potatoes, timber;
   livestock - cattle, sheep and goats; not self-sufficient in food
   grains
  
   Economic aid:
   recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $227 million;
   Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
   (1970-89), $1.465 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $120 million;
   Communist countries (1970-89), $446 million
  
   Currency: 1 Guinean franc (FG) = 100 centimes
  
   Exchange rates: Guinean francs (FG) per US$1 - 810.94 (1 July 1993),
   922.9 (30 September 1992), 675 (1990), 618 (1989), 515 (1988), 440
   (1987), 383 (1986)
  
   Fiscal year: calendar year
  
  Guinea:Transportation
  
   Railroads:
   total: 1,048 km
   standard gauge: 241 km 1.435-m gauge
   narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge
  
   Highways:
   total: 30,100 km
   paved: 1,145 km
   unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 12,955 km (of which barely 4,500 are
   currently all-weather roads); unimproved earth 16,000 km (1987)
  
   Inland waterways: 1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft
  
   Ports: Boke, Conakry, Kamsar
  
   Merchant marine: none
  
   Airports:
   total: 15
   with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
   with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
   with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
   with paved runways under 914 m: 1
   with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 7
   with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
  
  Guinea:Communications
  
   Telephone system: 15,000 telephones; poor to fair system of open-wire
   lines, small radiocommunication stations, and new radio relay system
   local: NA
   intercity: microwave radio relay and radio communication stations
   international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 1, shortwave 0
   radios: 200,000
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: 1
   televisions: 65,000
  
  Guinea:Defense Forces
  
   Branches: Army, Navy (acts primarily as a coast guard), Air Force,
   Republican Guard, Presidential Guard, paramilitary National
   Gendarmerie, National Police Force (Surete National)
  
   Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,478,653; males fit for
   military service 745,990 (1995 est.)
  
   Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $50 million, 1.6% of
   GDP (1994)
  
  
  

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     Γερμανικά n.
     (τόπος de χώρα Αφρική ετικ=1) η Γουινέα
     Ισπανικά n.
     (τόπος es χώρα Αφρική ετικ=1) η Γουινέα
     Φινλανδικά n.
     (τόπος fi χώρα Αφρική ετικ=1) η Γουινέα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  guinea
     n.
     1 (lb en British historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty
  shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency)
  standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
     2 (synonym of en guinea fowl)
     Spanish n.
     (l en guinea) (gloss: British gold coin)
     Spanish a.
     (adj form of es guineo  f s)
     Spanish n.
     (female equivalent of es guineo)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     Central Huasteca Nahuatl n.
     (place nch country cont/Africa t=Guinea)
     Central Nahuatl n.
     (place nhn country cont/Africa t=Guinea)
     Danish n.
     (senseid da Q1006)(place da country r/West Africa t1=Guinea)
     German n.
     (senseid de Q1006)(place de country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     Italian n.
     (senseid it Q1006)(place it country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     n.
     1 (lb en historical geography) The coast of West Africa between
  Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of
  Guinea.
     2 (senseid en Q1006) (place en country r/West Africa
  official=Republic of Guinea).
     3 (lb en derogatory US slang ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent
  in the United States.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (senseid nn Q1006)(place nn country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     Swahili n.
     (senseid sw Q1006)(place sw country r/West Africa t=Guinea)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  guinea
     n.
     1 (lb en British historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty
  shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency)
  standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
     2 (synonym of en guinea fowl)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     n.
     1 (lb en historical geography) The coast of West Africa between
  Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of
  Guinea.
     2 (senseid en Q1006) (place en country r/West Africa
  official=Republic of Guinea).
     3 (lb en derogatory US slang ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent
  in the United States.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  guinea
     n.
     1 (lb en British historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty
  shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency)
  standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
     2 (synonym of en guinea fowl)
     Spanish n.
     (l en guinea) (gloss: British gold coin)
     Spanish a.
     (adj form of es guineo  f s)
     Spanish n.
     (female equivalent of es guineo)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     Czech n.
     (senseid cs Q1006)(place cs country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     Danish n.
     (senseid da Q1006)(place da country r/West Africa t1=Guinea)
     German n.
     (senseid de Q1006)(place de country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     Italian n.
     (senseid it Q1006)(place it country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     n.
     1 (lb en historical geography) The coast of West Africa between
  Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of
  Guinea.
     2 (senseid en Q1006) (place en country r/West Africa
  official=Republic of Guinea).
     3 (lb en derogatory US slang ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent
  in the United States.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (senseid nn Q1006)(place nn country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     Swedish n.
     (senseid sv Q1006)(place sv country r/West Africa t=Guinea)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  guinea
     n.
     1 (lb en British historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty
  shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency)
  standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
     2 (synonym of en guinea fowl)
     Spanish n.
     (l en guinea) (gloss: British gold coin)
     Spanish a.
     (adj form of es guineo  f s)
     Spanish n.
     (female equivalent of es guineo)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     Czech n.
     (senseid cs Q1006)(place cs country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     Danish n.
     (senseid da Q1006)(place da country r/West Africa t1=Guinea)
     German n.
     (senseid de Q1006)(place de country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     Italian n.
     (senseid it Q1006)(place it country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     n.
     1 (lb en historical geography) The coast of West Africa between
  Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of
  Guinea.
     2 (senseid en Q1006) (place en country r/West Africa
  official=Republic of Guinea).
     3 (lb en derogatory US slang ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent
  in the United States.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (senseid nn Q1006)(place nn country r/West Africa t=Guinea)
     Swedish n.
     (senseid sv Q1006)(place sv country r/West Africa t=Guinea)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  guinea
     Espanja n.
     (''C. Rica'') eräitä pieniä vihreitä banaanilajikkeita
     n.
     vanha Ison-Britannian rahayksikkö, alun perin 20 šillingin kultaraha
  joka tarkoitettiin Afrikan kauppaan; vuodesta 1717 arvoksi
  standardoitiin 21 šillinkiä (eli 1 punta ja 1 šillinki).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     n.
     Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean
  tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia,
  Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau. (+luokka fi valtio)
     Viro n.
     Guinea

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]

  guinea
     n.
     vanha Ison-Britannian rahayksikkö, alun perin 20 šillingin kultaraha
  joka tarkoitettiin Afrikan kauppaan; vuodesta 1717 arvoksi
  standardoitiin 21 šillinkiä (eli 1 punta ja 1 šillinki).

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     n.
     Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean
  tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia,
  Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau. (+luokka fi valtio)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     Alemanniska n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=als) #Svenska
     Aragonska n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=an) #Svenska
     Bokmål n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=no) #Svenska
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=en) #Svenska
     Färöiska n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=fo) #Svenska
     Interlingua n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=ia) #Svenska
     Katalanska n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=ca) #Svenska
     Nordfrisiska n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=frr) #Svenska
     Tyska n.
     (tagg kat=länder språk=de) #Svenska

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  Guinea
     n.
     (tagg: kat=länder) stat i västra Afrika

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:deu-bul ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Гвинея
  Staat in Westafrika

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-ell ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Γουινέα
  Staat in Westafrika

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuːiːnˌeːɑː/ (GN /ɡˌeːˈɛn/) 
   [geogr.] Guinea 
           Note: Kfz:

From Deutsch-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fin ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Guinea
  Staat in Westafrika

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  Guinea /ˈɡɪni/ /ˈɡɪnɪ/ 
  guinée 2.
  historisch, Numismatik: englische Goldmünze
   3.
  historisch: englische Rechnungseinheit von 21 Schilling

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Guinée
  Staat in Westafrika

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-ind ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Guinea
  Staat in Westafrika

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-pol ]

  Guinea /ˈɡɪni/ /ˈɡɪnɪ/ 
  gwinea 2.
  historisch, Numismatik: englische Goldmünze
   3.
  historisch: englische Rechnungseinheit von 21 Schilling

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-pol ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Gwinea
  Staat in Westafrika

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-rus ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Гвинея
  Staat in Westafrika

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Guinea
  Staat in Westafrika

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Guinea /ɡiˈneːa/ 
  Guinea
  Staat in Westafrika

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  Guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  Guinee

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  غينيا

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  Guinea //ˈɡɪniː// 
  Гвине́я, Гвинея
  short form of the Republic of Guinea

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  guinea //ˈɡɪni// 
  гвинея
  coin worth 21 shillings

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  stará britská mince

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  Guinea  [geogr.] GN,  /dʒˌiːˈɛn/
           Note: Kfz:

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  
  μια λίρα και ένα σελίνι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  Guinea //ˈɡɪniː// 
  Guinea
  short form of the Republic of Guinea

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  guinea //ˈɡɪni// 
  guinea
  coin worth 21 shillings

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  Guinea /giniː/
  1. Guinée
  2. guinéen

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  guinea /ɡˈɪni/ 
  1. गिन्नी
        "Guinea is a coin of 21 shillings."
  2. चूहे~की~तरह~कुतरने~वाला~जन्तु
        "Guinea pigs are originally found in South America."
  3. ऐसा~व्यक्ति~या~पशु~जिस~पर~कोई~वैज्ञानिक~परीक्षण~किया~जाता~है
        "Monkeys are used as guineas to test the effectiveness of medicines before prescribing them for human beings."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  vrsta novca

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  Guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  Gvineja

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  21 shilling

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  Guinea //ˈɡɪniː// 
  Guinea
  short form of the Republic of Guinea

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  Guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  Guinea

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  Guinea //ˈɡɪniː// 
  ギニア
  short form of the Republic of Guinea

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  guinea //ˈɡɪni// 
  ギニー
  coin worth 21 shillings

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  Guinea //ˈɡɪniː// 
  Guinea
  short form of the Republic of Guinea

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  guinea /ˈgɪnɪ/
  I.    gwinea
  II.  guinea pig /ˈgɪnɪ pɪg/   świnka morska

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  Guinea /giniː/
  Гвинея

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  Guinea //ˈɡɪniː// 
  Guinea
  short form of the Republic of Guinea

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  guinea /ɡˈɪni/
  1. (b.h.) Gine
  2. İngilizlerin yirmi bir şilin kıymetindeki eski altın parası
  3. yirmi bir şilin
  4. Afrika tavuğu, beç tavuğu. Guinea corn bir çeşit darı. guinea fowl, guinea hen Afrika tavuğu, beç tavuğu. Guinea pepper bir çeşit kırmızı acı biber. guinea pig kobay, (zool.)) Cavia cobaya
  5. üzerinde deney yapılan insan .

From suomi-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-bul ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Гвинея
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-ell ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Γουινέα
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-fra ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Guinée
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-ind ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Guinea
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-ita ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Guinea
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-jpn ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  ギニア
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2022.04.06 :   [ freedict:fin-lat ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Guinea
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-lit ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Gvinėja
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-nld ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Guinee
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-nor ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Guinea
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-pol ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Gwinea
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From suomi-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-por ]

  Guinea /ɡˈuinea/ 
  Guiné
  Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitseva valtio, pitkältä nimeltään Guinean tasavalta, jonka rajanaapureita ovat Sierra Leone, Liberia, Norsunluurannikko, Mali, Senegal ja Guinea-Bissau.

From Italian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:ita-eng ]

  Guinea /ɡwinˈea/
  Guinea

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  guinea /xəʏnəa/
  Guinee

From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-eng ]

  Guinea /xəʏnəa/
  Guinea

From Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-fra ]

  Guinea /xəʏnəa/
  Guinée

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  Guinea /ɣœynˈeːaː/ 
  Guinea

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  guinea
  guinea

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  Guinea
  Guinea

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  Guinea /ɡinˈea/
  Guinea  

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  Guinea /ɡinˈea/
  Guinea  

From Svenska-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-bul ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Гвинея

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guinea

From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ell ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Γουινέα

From Svenska-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fin ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guinea

From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fra ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guinée

From Svenska-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ita ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guinea

From Svenska-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-jpn ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  ギニア

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guinea

From Svenska-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nld ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guinee

From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nor ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guinea

From Svenska-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-pol ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Gwinea

From Svenska-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-por ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guiné

From Svenska-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-rus ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Гвинея

From Svenska-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-spa ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Guinea

From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-tur ]

  Guinea /ɡˈʉiːnəˌa/ 
  Gine

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡɪni/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "guinea":
     bawbee, coin, crown, dollar, double eagle, doubloon, ducat, eagle,
     farthing, five-dollar gold piece, fiver, florin, fourpence,
     fourpenny, gold piece, groat, half crown, half dollar, half eagle,
     halfpenny, hard money, mag, meg, mite, moidore, monkey, napoleon,
     new pence, np, p, pence, penny, piece, piece of money,
     piece of silver, pony, pound, pound sovereign, quid, roll of coins,
     rouleau, shilling, sixpence, sovereign, specie,
     ten-dollar gold piece, tenner, threepence, threepenny bit,
     thrippence, tuppence, twenty-dollar gold piece, twopence
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 几内亚;
  n. 英国往昔的金币;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 英国往昔的金币
     n. 几内亚

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