Guinea

See also: guinea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Guiné, which is of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪniː/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Guinea

1. (historical geography) The coast of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.
3. Short for Republic of Guinea, a country in West Africa.
4. (derogatory US slang, ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent in the United States.

Hyponyms

• (historical region): Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea; Gold Coast, Pepper Coast, Grain Coast, Slave Coast, Ivory Coast

Derived terms

terms derived from Guinea

• Equatorial Guinea
• French Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guinean
• Guinea arrowroot
• Guinea corn
• guinea fowl, guineafowl
• guinea grains

• guinea hen weed
• guinea keet
• Guinea pepper
• guinea pig, guinea piglet
• Guinea plum
• Guinea wheat
• guinea worm
• guinea-worm disease
• Lower Guinea
• New Guinea
• Papua New Guinea
• Portuguese Guinea
• Spanish Guinea
• Upper Guinea

Translations

short form of the Republic of Guinea

• Afrikaans: Guinee
• Amharic: ጊኔ (gine)
• Arabic: غِينْيَا f (ḡīnyā)
• Armenian: Գվինեա (hy) (Gvinea)
• Belarusian: Гвіне́я f (Hvinjéja)
• Bengali: গিনি (gini)
• Breton: Ginea
• Bulgarian: Гвине́я f (Gvinéja)
• Burmese: ဂီနီ (gini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幾內亞／几内亚 (zh), 几内亚 (zh) (Jǐnèiyǎ)

• Czech: Guinea (cs) f
• Danish: Guinea (da)
• Dutch: Guinee (nl)
• Esperanto: Gvineo (eo)
• Estonian: Guinea (et)
• Finnish: Guinea (fi)
• French: Guinée (fr) f
• German: Guinea (de)
• Greek: Γουινέα (el) f (Gouinéa)
• Hausa: Gini
• Hebrew: גינאה f (gineh)
• Hindi: गिनी (hi) (ginī)
• Hungarian: Guinea (hu)
• Icelandic: Gínea (is) f
• Interlingua: Guinea
• Irish: An Ghuine f, Poblacht na Guine f
• Italian: Guinea (it) f
• Japanese: ギニア (ja) (Ginia)
• Kalenjin: Gini
• Kamba: Ngini
• Kazakh: Гвинея (Gvineä)
• Khmer: ហ្គីណេ (km) (hkiinee)
• Kikuyu: Gine
• Korean: 기니 (ko) (Gini)
• Kyrgyz: Гвинея (Gvineya)
• Latin: Guinea
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: Gvineja (lv) f
• Luhya: Gini
• Luo: Gini
• Macedonian: Гвине́ја (mk) f (Gvinéja)
• Maltese: il-Gwinea
• Maori: Kini
• Meru: Gine
• Mongolian: Гвиней (Gvinej)
• Navajo: Gíní
• Norman: Graund-Gùinaée f (Guernsey), Dginnée f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Guinea (no)

  Nynorsk: Guinea (nn)

• Persian: گینه (fa) (gine)
• Polish: Gwinea (pl) f
• Portuguese: Guiné (pt)
• Romanian: Guineea (ro) f
• Russian: Гвине́я (ru) f (Gvinéja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гвине́ја f

  Roman: Gvinéja (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ගිනි (si) (gini)
• Slovak: Guinea f
• Slovene: Gvinêja (sl) f
• Spanish: Guinea (es) f
• Swahili: Gine (sw)
• Swedish: Guinea (sv)
• Tajik: Гвинея (tg) (Gvineya)
• Thai: กินี (th) (gì-nii)
• Turkish: Gine (tr)
• Turkmen: Gwineýa
• Ukrainian: Гвіне́я (uk) f (Hvinéja)
• Urdu: گینی (ginī)
• Uzbek: Gvineya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ghi-nê
• Yoruba: Gene

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Catalan

Proper noun

Guinea f

2. Guinea

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Czech

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guinea f

2. Guinea

Related terms

• guinejský
• Guinejec

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• guineaner
• guineansk

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡineɑ/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: Gui‧ne‧a

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea

Declension

Inflection of Guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Guinea	—
genitive		Guinean	—
partitive		Guineaa	—
illative		Guineaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Guinea	—
accusative	nom.	Guinea	—
	gen.	Guinean
genitive		Guinean	—
partitive		Guineaa	—
inessive		Guineassa	—
elative		Guineasta	—
illative		Guineaan	—
adessive		Guinealla	—
ablative		Guinealta	—
allative		Guinealle	—
essive		Guineana	—
translative		Guineaksi	—
abessive		Guineatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guineani — accusative nom. Guineani — gen. Guineani genitive Guineani — partitive Guineaani — inessive Guineassani — elative Guineastani — illative Guineaani — adessive Guineallani — ablative Guinealtani — allative Guinealleni — essive Guineanani — translative Guineakseni — abessive Guineattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guineasi — accusative nom. Guineasi — gen. Guineasi genitive Guineasi — partitive Guineaasi — inessive Guineassasi — elative Guineastasi — illative Guineaasi — adessive Guineallasi — ablative Guinealtasi — allative Guineallesi — essive Guineanasi — translative Guineaksesi — abessive Guineattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guineamme — accusative nom. Guineamme — gen. Guineamme genitive Guineamme — partitive Guineaamme — inessive Guineassamme — elative Guineastamme — illative Guineaamme — adessive Guineallamme — ablative Guinealtamme — allative Guineallemme — essive Guineanamme — translative Guineaksemme — abessive Guineattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guineanne — accusative nom. Guineanne — gen. Guineanne genitive Guineanne — partitive Guineaanne — inessive Guineassanne — elative Guineastanne — illative Guineaanne — adessive Guineallanne — ablative Guinealtanne — allative Guineallenne — essive Guineananne — translative Guineaksenne — abessive Guineattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Guineansa — accusative nom. Guineansa — gen. Guineansa genitive Guineansa — partitive Guineaansa — inessive Guineassaan Guineassansa — elative Guineastaan Guineastansa — illative Guineaansa — adessive Guineallaan Guineallansa — ablative Guinealtaan Guinealtansa — allative Guinealleen Guineallensa — essive Guineanaan Guineanansa — translative Guineakseen Guineaksensa — abessive Guineattaan Guineattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guinea n (plural Guinea or Guinea's)

2. Guinea
   • 1835, Joh. Georg August Galletti's allgemeine Weltkunde oder geographisch-statistisch-historische Uebersicht aller Länder [...] Achte Auflage, verbessert und vermehrt von J. G. F. Cannabich, column 442:

     Balbi klassifizirt die sämtlichen afrikanischen Zungen auf nachstehende Art: [...] 3) Sprachen von Nigritien oder dem Negerlande, wohin er auch Senegambien und beide Guinea rechnet, [...].

   • 1831, Wörterbuch der Naturgeschichte, dem gegenwärtigen Stande der Botanik, Mineralogie und Zoologie angemessen. Siebenter Band, page 137:

     Am besten kennt man in den beiden Guinea's die Fulah's, die Jolof's, die Sousou's, die Mandingo's, die Aschantie's, die Neger von der Küste von Ardra und Benin, die Bewohner der Küste Gabon [...]

   • 1843, Joseph Russegger, Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika [...]. Zweiter Band. Reisen in Egypten, Nubien und Ost-Sudan. Erster Theil. Erste Reise durch Egypten und Nubien, page 8:

     [...] das Vorschreiten der Kolonien in Senegambien, in beiden Guinea's, am Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung u. s. w.

Derived terms

• Äquatorialguinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guineer
• guineisch
• Oberguinea, Ober-Guinea
• Portugiesisch-Guinea
• Spanisch-Guinea

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡiːnɛɒ]
• Hyphenation: Gui‧nea

Proper noun

Guinea

1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Guinea	—
accusative	Guineát	—
dative	Guineának	—
instrumental	Guineával	—
causal-final	Guineáért	—
translative	Guineává	—
terminative	Guineáig	—
essive-formal	Guineaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Guineában	—
superessive	Guineán	—
adessive	Guineánál	—
illative	Guineába	—
sublative	Guineára	—
allative	Guineához	—
elative	Guineából	—
delative	Guineáról	—
ablative	Guineától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Guineáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Guineáéi	—

Possessive forms of Guinea
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Guineám	—
2nd person sing.	Guineád	—
3rd person sing.	Guineája	—
1st person plural	Guineánk	—
2nd person plural	Guineátok	—
3rd person plural	Guineájuk	—

Derived terms

• guineai

Compound words

• Alsó-Guinea
• Bissau-Guinea
• Bissau-guineai Köztársaság
• Egyenlítői-Guinea
• Egyenlítői-guineai Köztársaság
• Északkelet-Új-Guinea
• Guineai Köztársaság
• Guineai-öböl
• Pápua Új-Guinea
• Új-Guinea

 

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Italian

Proper noun

Guinea f

2. Guinea

Related terms

• guineano
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guinea Equatoriale
• Nuova Guinea
• Papua Nuova Guinea

Anagrams

• guaine
• iguane

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʷi.ne.a/, [ˈɡʷɪneä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwi.ne.a/, [ˈɡwiːneä]

Proper noun

Guinea f sg (genitive Guineae); first declension

2. (New Latin) Guinea

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Guinea
Genitive	Guineae
Dative	Guineae
Accusative	Guineam
Ablative	Guineā
Vocative	Guinea

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea

Related terms

• guineaner
• guineansk

See also

• Ekvatorial-Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ny-Guinea
• Papua Ny-Guinea

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea

Related terms

• guinean, guineanar
• guineansk

See also

• Ekvatorial-Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ny-Guinea
• Papua Ny-Guinea

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈnea/ [ɡiˈne.a]

Proper noun

Guinea f

2. Guinea

Synonyms

• República de Guinea

Derived terms

• Nueva Guinea

Related terms

• guinea
• guineano
• guineo

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Swahili

Proper noun

Guinea

1. Guinea (country)

Derived terms

• Guinea Ecuatorial
• Guinea Española

 

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Swedish

Proper noun

Guinea n (genitive Guineas)

2. Guinea