Guinea

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese Guiné +‎ -ia, which is of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɪni/ 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) Alternative letter-case form of guinea, an Italian. ==== Hyponyms ==== (historical region): Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea; Gold Coast, Pepper Coast, Grain Coast, Slave Coast, Ivory Coast ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ギニア (Ginia) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Countries of the world == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡiˈne.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡiˈne.a] === 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(key): [ˈɡɪnɛa] IPA(key): [ˈɡviːnɛa] === 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), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Proper noun === Guinea Guinea (a country in West Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== guineaner guineansk == Finnish == === Etymology === From Portuguese Guiné. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡineɑ/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ineɑ Syllabification(key): Gui‧ne‧a Hyphenation(key): Gui‧nea === Proper noun === Guinea Guinea (a country in West Africa) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡiˈneːa/ 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: 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: ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡiːnɛɒ] Hyphenation: Gui‧nea Rhymes: -ɒ === Proper noun === Guinea Guinea (a country in West Africa; official name: Guineai Köztársaság) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Portuguese Guiné +‎ -ia, which is of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡui̯ˈnea/ [ɡui̯ˈne.a] Rhymes: -ea Syllabification: Gu‧i‧ne‧a === Proper noun === Guinea Guinea (a country in West Africa) === Noun === Guinea (plural Guinea-Guinea or para Guinea) Guinean === Adjective === Guinea (comparative lebih Guinea, superlative paling Guinea) Guinean === See also === === Further reading === “Guinea”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /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(key): [ˈɡʷɪ.ne.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡʷiː.ne.a] === 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 == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡuiɲea/, [ˈɡuiɲea] Rhymes: -ea Hyphenation: Gu‧i‧ne‧a === Proper noun === Guinea f (genitive singular Guiney, declension pattern of žena) Guinea (a country in West Africa) === References === “Guinea”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡiˈnea/ [ɡiˈne.a] Rhymes: -ea Syllabification: Gui‧ne‧a === Proper noun === Guinea f Guinea (a country in West Africa) Synonym: República de Guinea ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Guinea Guinea (a country in West Africa) === See also === == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɵɪˈneːa/ === Proper noun === Guinea n (genitive Guineas) Guinea (a country in West Africa) ==== Related terms ==== guinean guineansk guineanska ==== See also ==== === References === “Guinea”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH