Guinea

See also: guinea

English edit

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Guinea

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Guinea

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Portuguese Guiné, which is of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪniː/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪni

Proper noun edit

Guinea

(historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.
A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
(derogatory US slang, ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent in the United States.

Hyponyms edit

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

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

short form of the Republic of Guinea

Afrikaans: Guinee
Amharic: ጊኔ (gine)
Arabic: غِينْيَا f (ḡīnyā), غِنَاوَة f (ḡināwa) (archaic, of the historical region)
Armenian: Գվինեա (hy) (Gvinea)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܝܼܢܹܐ f (gīnē)
Belarusian: Гвіне́я f (Hvinjéja), Гвінэ́я f (Hvinéja) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: গিনি (bn) (gini)
Breton: Ginea (br)
Bulgarian: Гвине́я f (Gvinéja)
Burmese: ဂီနီ (gini)
Carpathian Rusyn: Ґвіне́я f (Gvinéja)
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)
Farefare: Gine, Gini
Finnish: Guinea (fi)
French: Guinée (fr) f
Georgian: გვინეა (ka) (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 (kk) (Gvineä)
Khmer: ហ្គីណេ (km) (hkiinee)
Kikuyu: Gine
Korean: 기니 (ko) (Gini)
Kyrgyz: Гвинея (Gvineya)
Latin: Guinea
Latvian: Gvineja (lv) f
Lithuanian: Gvinėja (lt) 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)
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

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡiˈne.ə]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡiˈne.a]
Audio (Valencian) (file)

Proper noun edit

Guinea f

Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

guinea

Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Proper noun edit

Guinea

Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Central Nahuatl edit

Proper noun edit

Guinea

Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Czech edit

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Guinea

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪnɛa]
IPA^(key): [ˈɡviːnɛa]
Audio [ˈɡɪnɛa] (file)

Proper noun edit

Guinea f (related adjective guinejský, demonym Guinejec)

Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension edit

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

Danish edit

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Guinea

Wikipedia ^da

Proper noun edit

Guinea

Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms edit

Finnish edit

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Guinea

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology edit

From Portuguese Guiné.

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Guinea

Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension edit

Inflection of Guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Guinea	—
genitive		Guinean	—
partitive		Guineaa	—
illative		Guineaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Guinea	—
accusative	nom.	Guinea	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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		—	—

Derived terms edit

guinealainen

compounds

German edit

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Guinea

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡiˈneːa/
Audio (file)
Homophone: Guineer (some speakers)

Proper noun edit

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

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 quotation)
- 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 quotation)
- 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 quotation)

Derived terms edit

Hungarian edit

Guinea on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Guinea

Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension edit

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	—