Search Result:Guinea


KK Pronunciation

〔 `gInI 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˋ^ini 〕


Overview of noun guinea

The noun guinea has 4 senses


  • guinea -- (a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings)

  • wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball -- ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent)

  • Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guinea -- (a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958)

  • guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris -- (a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world)