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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• Rhymes: -ɪni

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. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
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), Гвінэ́я f (Hvinéja) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: গিনি (bn) (gini)
• Breton: Ginea (br)
• Bulgarian: Гвине́я f (Gvinéja)
• Burmese: ဂီနီ (gini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幾內亞／几内亚 (zh) (Jǐnèiyǎ)

• Cornish: Gyni
• Czech: Guinea (cs) f
• Danish: Guinea (da)
• Dutch: Guinee (nl) n
• Esperanto: Gvineo (eo)
• Estonian: Guinea (et)
• Finnish: Guinea (fi)
• French: Guinée (fr) f
• Georgian: გვინეა (gvinea)
• German: Guinea (de) n
• Greek: Γουινέα (el) f (Gouinéa)
• Hausa: Gini (ha)
• 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
• Latvian: Gvineja (lv) f
• Luhya: Gini
• Luo: Gini
• Macedonian: Гвине́ја (mk) f (Gvinéja)
• Maltese: Gwinea (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) f
• Rarotongan : Kini
• Romanian: Guineea (ro) f
• Russian: Гвине́я (ru) f (Gvinéja)
• Rusyn: Ґвіне́я 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), Ґвіне́я f (Gvinéja)
• Urdu: گینی‎ (ginī)
• Uzbek: Gvineya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ghi-nê
• Welsh: Gini f
• Yoruba: Gínì

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]}

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈnə.ə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈnɛ.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈne.a/

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

Proper noun

Guinea f

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• guineà
• Guinea Bissau
• Guinea Equatorial
• Nova Guinea

Related terms

• guinea

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guinea

1. Guinea (a country in Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guinea

1. Guinea (a country in Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪnɛa]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɡviːnɛa]

• Audio [ˈɡɪnɛa]

  (file)

Proper noun

Guinea f (related adjective guinejský, demonym Guinejec)

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Guinea (sg-only feminine in -ea)

	singular
nominative	Guinea
genitive	Guiney, Guineje
dative	Guineji
accusative	Guineu
vocative	Guineo
locative	Guineji
instrumental	Guineou, Guinejí

Further reading

• Guinea in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Guinea in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Guinea in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• guineaner
• guineansk

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Guiné.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡineɑ/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -inea
• Syllabification^(key): Gui‧ne‧a

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Guineatta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Guinea (type kulkija)

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 — instructive — — abessive Guineattani — 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 — instructive — — abessive Guineattasi — 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 — instructive — — abessive Guineattamme — 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 — instructive — — abessive Guineattanne — 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 — instructive — — abessive Guineattaan Guineattansa — comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈneːa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: Guineer (some speakers)

Proper noun

Guinea n (proper noun, genitive Guineas or (optionally with an article) Guinea)

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)
   • 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, [...].

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 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 [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guinea

2. 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

 

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwiˈnɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: Gui‧nè‧a

Proper noun

Guinea f

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

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

Anagrams

• guaine, iguane

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guinea f sg (genitive Guineae); first declension

2. (New Latin) Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• guineaner
• guineansk

See also

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• guinean, guineanar
• guineansk

See also

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈnea/ [ɡiˈne.a]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: Gui‧ne‧a

Proper noun

Guinea f

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

   Synonym: República de Guinea

Derived terms

• gallina de Guinea
• Nueva Guinea

 

Related terms

• guinea
• guineano
• guineo

 

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

Guinea

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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]}

Swedish

Proper noun

Guinea n (genitive Guineas)

2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)