Guinea

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈɡɪni//

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

proper noun

1
historicalThe coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.
2
A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost.
3
Variant of guineaslangAlternative letter-case form of guinea, an Italian.

Etymology

From Portuguese Guiné + -ia, the first part of which is of uncertain origin.

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Guinea · A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.

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