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Webster 1913 Edition
Guinea
Guin′ea
(gĭn′ē̍)
, Noun.
1.
A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
2.
A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.
The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings.
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings.
Pinkerton.
Guinea corn
. (Bot.)
See
– Durra
. Guinea Current
(Geog.)
, a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea.
– Guinea dropper
one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas.
[Obs.]
Gay.
– Guinea fowl
,
Guinea hen
(Zool.)
, an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus
– Numida
, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (Numida meleagris
), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata
) is a finer species. Guinea grains
(Bot.)
, grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
– Amomum
. Guinea grass
(Bot.)
, a tall strong forage grass (
– Panicum jumentorum
) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. Guinea-hen flower
(Bot.)
, a liliaceous flower (
– Fritillaria Meleagris
) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. Guinea peach
. See under
– Peach
. Guinea pepper
(Bot.)
, the pods of the
– Xylopia aromatica
, a tree of the order Anonaceæ
, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper aethiopicum
. Guinea plum
(Bot.)
, the fruit of
– Parinarium excelsum
, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneæ
, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum
and rough-skin plum
. Guinea worm
(Zool.)
, a long and slender African nematoid worm (
Filaria Medinensis
) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.Webster 1828 Edition
Guinea
GUIN'EA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Guinea
Guinea
See also: guinea
English
Proper noun
Guinea
- Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
- (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent in the United States.
Derived terms
terms derived from Guinea (proper noun)
See also
- Countries of the world
Translations
Republic of Guinea
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡineɑ/
- Hyphenation: Gui‧ne‧a
Proper noun
Guinea
Declension
| Inflection of Guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Guinea | — | |
| genitive | Guinean | — | |
| partitive | Guineaa | — | |
| illative | Guineaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Guinea | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Guinea | — |
| gen. | Guinean | ||
| genitive | Guinean | — | |
| partitive | Guineaa | — | |
| inessive | Guineassa | — | |
| elative | Guineasta | — | |
| illative | Guineaan | — | |
| adessive | Guinealla | — | |
| ablative | Guinealta | — | |
| allative | Guinealle | — | |
| essive | Guineana | — | |
| translative | Guineaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Guineatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
German
Proper noun
Guinea n (genitive Guineas)
Derived terms
- Äquatorialguinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guineer
- guineisch
- Portugiesisch-Guinea
- Spanisch-Guinea
Italian
Proper noun
Guinea f
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Proper noun
Guinea f (genitive Guineae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Guinea |
| genitive | Guineae |
| dative | Guineae |
| accusative | Guineam |
| ablative | Guineā |
| vocative | Guinea |
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Guinea
Related terms
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Guinea
Related terms
See also
guinea
guinea
See also: Guinea
English
Noun
guinea (plural guineas)
- (US, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
- (Britain, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings and originally made from gold imported from Africa; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to wear them round your neck—nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- A ground-foraging bird of Africa, of the family Numididae. Domesticated strains include Pearl, White, Buff, Blue, Purple and Lavender. Also called guinea fowl.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Brooding and Homing,”
- The guineas peeped complainingly, the goslings waddled into all the puddles and came back to chill my skin.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Brooding and Homing,”
Translations
person of Italian descent — see wop
coin worth 21 shillings
bird of the family Numididae — see guinea fowl
Synonyms
Finnish
Noun
guinea
- guinea (British gold coin)
Declension
| Inflection of guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | guinea | guineat | |
| genitive | guinean | guineoiden guineoitten |
|
| partitive | guineaa | guineoita | |
| illative | guineaan | guineoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | guinea | guineat | |
| accusative | nom. | guinea | guineat |
| gen. | guinean | ||
| genitive | guinean | guineoiden guineoitten guineainrare |
|
| partitive | guineaa | guineoita | |
| inessive | guineassa | guineoissa | |
| elative | guineasta | guineoista | |
| illative | guineaan | guineoihin | |
| adessive | guinealla | guineoilla | |
| ablative | guinealta | guineoilta | |
| allative | guinealle | guineoille | |
| essive | guineana | guineoina | |
| translative | guineaksi | guineoiksi | |
| instructive | — | guineoin | |
| abessive | guineatta | guineoitta | |
| comitative | — | guineoineen | |