# Guinea-Bissau
## English
### Etymology

From Guinea +‎ Bissau.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau
* 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
### See also

* Countries of the world
* 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
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in Africa)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in Africa)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡviːnɛa bɪsau̯]
* IPA: [ɡɪnɛa bɪsau̯]

### Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau f (relational adjective guinejsko-bissauský)
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa; capital: Bissau)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Finnish
### Etymology

Guinea +‎ Bissau; calque of Portuguese Guiné-Bissau

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡineɑˌbisːɑu̯/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝ˌbis̠ːɑ̝u̯]
* Rhymes: -isːɑu
* Hyphenation: Gui‧nea‧Bissau

### Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension

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

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau n (proper noun, genitive Guinea-Bissaus or (optionally with an article) Guinea-Bissau)
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* Guinea-Bissauer
* guinea-bissauisch

### See also

* 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
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* Guinea
* guineano

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* bissauguineaner
* bissauguineansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* bissauguineanar
* bissauguineansk

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guinea-Bissau n (genitive Guinea-Bissaus)
* Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* bissauguinean
* bissauguineansk
* bissauguineanska

### References

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