Guinea-Bissau

See also: Guinea Bissau

English

Guinea-Bissau

Etymology

From Guinea +‎ Bissau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/

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Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau

2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

   Hypernym: Subsahara

Derived terms

• Guinea-Bissauan

Related terms

• Bissau-Guinean

Descendants

• → Japanese: ギニアビサウ (Ginia-Bisau)

Translations

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

• Afrikaans: Guinee-Bissau
• Amharic: ጊኔ-ቢሳው ? (gine-bisaw)
• Arabic: غِينِيَّا بِيسَاو f (ḡiniyyā bisāw)
• Armenian: Գվինեա Բիսաու (Gvinea Bisau)
• Asturian: Guinea-Bisáu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Qvineya-Bisau (az)
• Belarusian: Гвіне́я-Біса́у f (Hvinjéja-Bisáu)
• Bengali: গিনি-বিসাউ (bn) (gini-biśau)
• Breton: Ginea-Bissau ?
• Bulgarian: Гвине́я-Биса́у f (Gvinéja-Bisáu)
• Burmese: ဂင်းနီဗစ်ဆော (gang:nibachcau:)
• Catalan: Guinea Bissau (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幾內亞比紹 / 几内亚比绍 (zh) (Jǐnèiyà Bǐshào) (Mainland China), 幾內亞比索 / 几内亚比索 (zh) (Jǐnèiyà Bǐsuǒ) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Guinea-Bissau (cs) f
• Danish: Guinea-Bissau (da) ?
• Dutch: Guinee-Bissau (nl) n
• Esperanto: Gvineo-Bisaŭo, Gvineo-Bisaŭa, Gvineo Bisaŭa
• Estonian: Guinea-Bissau (et)
• Farefare: Gine-Bisau
• Finnish: Guinea-Bissau (fi)
• French: Guinée-Bissao (fr) f, Guinée-Bissau (fr) f
• Georgian: გვინეა-ბისაუ (ka) (gvinea-bisau)
• German: Guinea-Bissau (de) n
• Greek: Γουινέα-Μπισσάου f (Gouinéa-Bissáou)
• Hausa: Gini Bisau
• Hebrew: גינאה ביסאו ? (gineh bisau)
• Hindi: गिनी-बिसाऊ (hi) m (ginī-bisāū)
• Hungarian: Bissau-Guinea (hu)
• Interlingua: Guinea-Bissau
• Italian: Guinea Bissau ?
• Japanese: ギニアビサウ (ja) (Ginia Bisau)
• Kazakh: Гвинея-Бисау (kk) (Gvineä-Bisau)
• Khmer: ហ្គីណេ-ប៊ីសា (giineebiisaa)
• Korean: 기니비사우 (ko) (Ginibisau) (South Korea), 기네–비싸우 (Gine–bissau) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Гвинея-Бисау (ky) (Gvineya-Bisau)
• Latvian: Gvineja-Bisava f
• Lithuanian: Bisau Gvinėja (lt) f
• Macedonian: Гвине́ја Биса́о f (Gvinéja Bisáo)
• Maltese: il-Gwinea Bissaw f
• Maori: Kini Pihō, Kini-Pīhau
• Navajo: Gíní Bisó
• Norman: Petite-Gùinaée f (Guernsey), Dginnée-Bissau f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Guinea-Bissau (no)

  Nynorsk: Guinea-Bissau (nn)

• Persian: گینه بیسائو (gine bisâ'u)
• Polish: Gwinea Bissau (pl) f
• Portuguese: Guiné-Bissau (pt) f
• Romanian: Guineea-Bissau (ro) f
• Russian: Гвине́я-Биса́у (ru) f (Gvinéja-Bisáu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гвине́ја Биса̏о f, Гвине́ја Биса̏у f

  Roman: Gvinéja Bisȁo f, Gvinéja Bisȁu (sh) f

• Spanish: Guinea-Bisáu (es) f
• Swahili: Ginebisau (sw) ?
• Swedish: Guinea-Bissau (sv) n
• Tajik: Гвинея Бисау (Gvineya Bisau)
• Thai: กินี-บิสเซา
• Turkish: Gine-Bissau (tr)
• Ukrainian: Гвіне́я-Біса́у (uk) f (Hvinéja-Bisáu)
• Uzbek: Gvineya-Bisau
• Vietnamese: Ghi-nê Bít-xao
• Welsh: Gini Bisaw f
• Yoruba: Gíní-Bìsaù

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• 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

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡviːnɛa bɪsau̯]
• IPA^(key): [ɡɪnɛa bɪsau̯]

Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau f (relational adjective guinejsko-bissauský)

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa; capital: Bissau)

Declension

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

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

Further reading

• “Guinea-Bissau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Etymology

Guinea +‎ Bissau; calque of Portuguese Guiné-Bissau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡineɑˌbisːɑu̯/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝ˌbis̠ːɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -isːɑu
• Syllabification^(key): Gui‧ne‧a‧Bis‧sau
• Hyphenation^(key): Gui‧nea‧Bissau

Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Guinea-Bissau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		Guinea-Bissau	—
genitive		Guinea-Bissaun	—
partitive		Guinea-Bissauta	—
illative		Guinea-Bissauhun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Guinea-Bissau	—
accusative	nom.	Guinea-Bissau	—
	gen.	Guinea-Bissaun
genitive		Guinea-Bissaun	—
partitive		Guinea-Bissauta	—
inessive		Guinea-Bissaussa	—
elative		Guinea-Bissausta	—
illative		Guinea-Bissauhun	—
adessive		Guinea-Bissaulla	—
ablative		Guinea-Bissaulta	—
allative		Guinea-Bissaulle	—
essive		Guinea-Bissauna	—
translative		Guinea-Bissauksi	—
abessive		Guinea-Bissautta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Guinea-Bissau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guinea-Bissauni — accusative nom. Guinea-Bissauni — gen. Guinea-Bissauni genitive Guinea-Bissauni — partitive Guinea-Bissautani — inessive Guinea-Bissaussani — elative Guinea-Bissaustani — illative Guinea-Bissauhuni — adessive Guinea-Bissaullani — ablative Guinea-Bissaultani — allative Guinea-Bissaulleni — essive Guinea-Bissaunani — translative Guinea-Bissaukseni — abessive Guinea-Bissauttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guinea-Bissausi — accusative nom. Guinea-Bissausi — gen. Guinea-Bissausi genitive Guinea-Bissausi — partitive Guinea-Bissautasi — inessive Guinea-Bissaussasi — elative Guinea-Bissaustasi — illative Guinea-Bissauhusi — adessive Guinea-Bissaullasi — ablative Guinea-Bissaultasi — allative Guinea-Bissaullesi — essive Guinea-Bissaunasi — translative Guinea-Bissauksesi — abessive Guinea-Bissauttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guinea-Bissaumme — accusative nom. Guinea-Bissaumme — gen. Guinea-Bissaumme genitive Guinea-Bissaumme — partitive Guinea-Bissautamme — inessive Guinea-Bissaussamme — elative Guinea-Bissaustamme — illative Guinea-Bissauhumme — adessive Guinea-Bissaullamme — ablative Guinea-Bissaultamme — allative Guinea-Bissaullemme — essive Guinea-Bissaunamme — translative Guinea-Bissauksemme — abessive Guinea-Bissauttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guinea-Bissaunne — accusative nom. Guinea-Bissaunne — gen. Guinea-Bissaunne genitive Guinea-Bissaunne — partitive Guinea-Bissautanne — inessive Guinea-Bissaussanne — elative Guinea-Bissaustanne — illative Guinea-Bissauhunne — adessive Guinea-Bissaullanne — ablative Guinea-Bissaultanne — allative Guinea-Bissaullenne — essive Guinea-Bissaunanne — translative Guinea-Bissauksenne — abessive Guinea-Bissauttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Guinea-Bissaunsa — accusative nom. Guinea-Bissaunsa — gen. Guinea-Bissaunsa genitive Guinea-Bissaunsa — partitive Guinea-Bissautaan Guinea-Bissautansa — inessive Guinea-Bissaussaan Guinea-Bissaussansa — elative Guinea-Bissaustaan Guinea-Bissaustansa — illative Guinea-Bissauhunsa — adessive Guinea-Bissaullaan Guinea-Bissaullansa — ablative Guinea-Bissaultaan Guinea-Bissaultansa — allative Guinea-Bissaulleen Guinea-Bissaullensa — essive Guinea-Bissaunaan Guinea-Bissaunansa — translative Guinea-Bissaukseen Guinea-Bissauksensa — abessive Guinea-Bissauttaan Guinea-Bissauttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• guineabissaulainen

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau n (proper noun, genitive Guinea-Bissaus or (optionally with an article) Guinea-Bissau)

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• Guinea-Bissauer
• guinea-bissauisch

See also

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Italian

Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau f

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• Guinea
• guineano

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• bissauguineaner
• bissauguineansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• bissauguineanar
• bissauguineansk

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau n (genitive Guinea-Bissaus)

1. Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• bissauguinean
• bissauguineansk
• bissauguineanska

References

• Guinea-Bissau in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH