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{{also|Guinea}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|Guinea (coin)}}
{{wikipedia|Guinea (disambiguation)}}

===Etymology===
From {{m|en|Guinea}}, the early modern name for West Africa, the coins originally being made of gold from the region, mostly from the 'Gold Coast' (modern Ghana) and used for African trade, and the guinea fowl being found there.

{{rfe|en|the slur}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɡɪni/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-guinea.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪni|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{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.
#* {{RQ:Stevenson Treasure Island|text=English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double '''guineas''' and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to wear them round your neck—nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1962|month=June|title=New Reading on Railways: Locomotives of British Railways, by H. C. Casserley & L. Asher, ''Spring Books'', 21s.|journal=Modern Railways|page=432|text=However, since there are 488 pages in all for a bargain price of a '''guinea''' one must not be too carping.}}
# {{synonym of|en|guinea fowl}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1944|author=w:Emily Carr|title=w:The House of All Sorts|chapter=Brooding and Homing|url=http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100121h.html
|passage=The '''guineas''' peeped complainingly, the goslings waddled into all the puddles and came back to chill my skin.}}
# {{lb|en|US|slang|pejorative|ethnic slur}} A person of [[Italian]] descent.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1982|author=w:Stephen King|title=w:Survivor Type|passage=If I’m to tell the whole truth—and why not? I sure have the time!—I’ll have to start by saying I was born Richard Pinzetti, in New York’s Little Italy. My father was an Old World '''guinea'''.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|person of Italian descent}} {{l|en|dago}}, {{l|en|Eyetie}}, {{l|en|goombah}}, {{l|en|greaseball}}, {{l|en|guido}}, {{l|en|wog}}, {{l|en|wop}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|guinea grains|guinea hen weed|guinea keet|guinea pig|guinea pig director|guinea piglet|guinea stand|guinea-fowl|guinea-pig|guinea-worm|helmeted guinea fowl|long-eared guinea pig|gn.|guinea worm|guinea squash}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ar|جُنَيْه|bor=1}}
* {{desc|arz|جنيه|tr=ginēh|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ga|gine|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gd|gini|bor=1}}
* {{desc|es|guinea|bor=1}}
* {{desc|cy|gini|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-see|person of Italian descent|wop}}

{{trans-top|coin worth 21 shillings}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جُنَيْه|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|гвинея|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|堅尼|tr=jiānní}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|guinea}}
* French: {{t+|fr|guinée|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Guinee|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गिनी|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|gine|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|ghinea|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ギニー|tr=ginī}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|기니}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kini}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gwinea|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|guinéu|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|гине́я|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|gini|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|guinea|f}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|gini|f}}
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===References===
* {{R:Lexico}}

{{topics|en|Coins|Fowls}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|fi|en|guinea}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p|ginea}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[#English|guinea]] {{gloss|British gold coin}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-kulkija|guine|a}}

{{topics|fi|Coins}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|es|en|guinea}}.

====Noun====
{{es-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|guinea}} {{gloss|British gold coin}}

===Etymology 2===
See {{m|es|guineo}}.

====Noun====
{{es-noun|f}}

# {{female equivalent of|es|guineo}}

====Adjective====
{{head|es|adjective form}}

# {{adj form of|es|guineo||f|s}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Coins}}