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Guinea

/ˈɡɪni/

A person of Italian descent.

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📖 Definitions of "Guinea"

noun

1
A person of Italian descent.
2
A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.

noun

1
Any of several African birds of the family Numididae (6 species) resembling partridges.

🔄 Synonyms of "Guinea"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
guinea fowlnoun	(uncountable) The meat of this bird.
french guineanoun	(historical) A former colony of France, which gained its independence in 1958 as 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

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Guinea"

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Word	Definition
french guineanoun	(historical) A former colony of France, which gained its independence in 1958 as Guinea.
greaseballnoun	(US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent especially, but also used pejoratively to refer to people of Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, other Mediterranean, or Latin American descent.
wopnoun	(ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
dagonoun	(US, England, ethnic slur, somewhat dated) A person of Southern European descent.
guinea fowlnoun	(uncountable) The meat of this bird.
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
guinea-bissaunoun	A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
ghananoun	A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana.
guyananoun	A country in South America. Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Capital and largest city: Georgetown.
guineannoun	Someone from Guinea or of Guinean descent.
guiananoun	A geological region in the north of South America.
bissaunoun	The capital city of Guinea-Bissau.
conakrynoun	The capital city of Guinea.
singaporenoun	An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.
irelandnoun	A country in northwestern Europe.
chinanoun	A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.
gambianoun	A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of The Gambia.
contenoun	An Italian count.
countrynoun	The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
equatorialnoun	(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.