# Guinea
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Guiné, which is of uncertain origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɪni/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪni

### Proper noun

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

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

#### Derived terms

* Equatorial Guinea
* French Guinea
* Guinea arrowroot
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guinea corn
* guinea fowl, guineafowl
* guinea grains
* guinea hen weed
* guinea keet
* Guinean
* Guinea peach
* Guinea pepper
* guinea pig, guinea piglet
* Guinea plum
* Guinea wheat
* guinea worm
* guinea-worm disease
* Lower Guinea
* New Guinea
* Papua New Guinea
* Portuguese Guinea
* Proto-Trans-New Guinea
* Spanish Guinea
* Upper Guinea

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: ギニア (Ginia)

#### 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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ɡiˈne.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ɡiˈne.a]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Guinea f
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* guineà
* Guinea Bissau
* Guinea Equatorial
* Nova Guinea

#### Related terms

* guinea

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Guinea
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Guinea
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɪnɛa]
* IPA: [ˈɡviːnɛa]
* Audio; [ˈɡɪnɛa]:(file)

### Proper noun

Guinea f (relational adjective guinejský, demonym Guinejec)
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Guinea”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “Guinea”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Guinea”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Guinea
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* guineaner
* guineansk

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Portuguese Guiné.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡineɑ/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ineɑ
* Hyphenation: Gui‧nea

### Proper noun

Guinea
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
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
abessive
Guineattani
instructive
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
abessive
Guineattasi
instructive
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
abessive
Guineattamme
instructive
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
abessive
Guineattanne
instructive
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
abessive
Guineattaan Guineattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* guinealainen
* Guinea-Bissau
* guineangueretsa
* guineankarkko
* Guineanlahti
* guineanmarakatti
* guineanruostegueretsa
* guineansimpanssi
* guineansuomuhäntäorava
* Uusi-Guinea

## German
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

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

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

### 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

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡiːnɛɒ]
* Hyphenation: Gui‧nea
* Rhymes: -ɒ

### Proper noun

Guinea
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* guineai
* 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: /ɡwiˈnɛ.a/
* Rhymes: -ɛa
* Hyphenation: Gui‧nè‧a

### Proper noun

Guinea f
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* guineano
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guinea Equatoriale
* Nuova Guinea
* Papua Nuova Guinea

### Anagrams

* guaine, iguane

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈɡʷi.ne.a/, [ˈɡʷɪneä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈɡwi.ne.a/, [ˈɡwiːneä]

### Proper noun

Guinea f sg (genitive Guineae); first declension
* (New Latin) Guinea (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Guinea
* 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
* 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: /ɡiˈnea/ [ɡiˈne.a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ea
* Syllabification: Gui‧ne‧a

### Proper noun

Guinea f
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)
    Synonym: República de Guinea

#### Derived terms

* gallina de Guinea
* Guinea Ecuatorial
* Guinea-Bisáu
* hierba de Guinea
* Nueva Guinea
* palma de Guinea
* Papúa Nueva Guinea
* pimienta de Guinea

#### Related terms

* guinea
* guineano
* guineo

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Guinea
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

### See also

* Afrika Kusini
* Algeria ~ Aljeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Chad ~ Chadi
* Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
* Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
* Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
* Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
* Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
* Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
* Jibuti ~ Djibouti
* Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
* Kenya
* Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaska, Bukini
* Malawi, Unyasa
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mayotte
* Misri, Umisri
* Morisi
* Moroko ~ Maroko
* Msumbiji, Mozambik
* Mtakatifu Helena
* Namibia
* Niger ~ Nijeri
* Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
* Rwanda ~ Ruanda
* Réunion
* Sahara ya Magharibi
* Sao Tome na Principe
* Senegal ~ Senegali
* Shelisheli
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Kusini
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uswazi, Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guinea n (genitive Guineas)
* Guinea (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* guinean
* guineansk
* guineanska

### References

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