Guiné
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of uncertain origin; possibly from a Berber source like Tuareg aginaw "black people",[1] or after the city of Djenné. More at Guinea.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: Gui‧né
Proper noun[edit]
Guiné f
- (historical) Guinea (the coastal regions of Subsaharan West Africa)
- Guinea (a country in West Africa)
- Synonyms: República da Guiné, Guiné-Conacri
- (informal) Synonym of Guiné-Bissau
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Guinea
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Guinea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Categories:
- Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies
- Portuguese terms derived from Berber languages
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese terms with historical senses
- pt:Historical and traditional regions
- pt:Guinea
- pt:Countries in Africa
- pt:Countries
- Portuguese informal terms