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English

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Guinea

Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Guiné, which is of uncertain origin.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪniː/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪni

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Guinea

  1. (historical) The 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.
  3. (derogatory US slang, ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent in the United States.

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: ギニア (Ginia)

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Catalan

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Guinea f

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Czech

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Guinea f (related adjective guinejský, demonym Guinejec)

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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  • 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)

Danish

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Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Portuguese Guiné.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡineɑ/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -inea
  • Syllabification(key): Gui‧ne‧a

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Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension

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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
abessive Guineatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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

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Guinea n (proper noun, genitive Guineas or (optionally with an article) Guinea)

  1. 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, [...].
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    • 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 [...]
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    • 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)

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Hungarian

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 Guinea on Hungarian Wikipedia

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡiːnɛɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Gui‧nea
  • Rhymes:

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Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Guinea
accusative Guineát
dative Guineának
instrumental Guineával
causal-final Guineáért
translative Guineává
terminative Guineáig
essive-formal Guineaként
essive-modal
inessive Guineában
superessive Guineán
adessive Guineánál
illative Guineába
sublative Guineára
allative Guineához
elative Guineából
delative Guineáról
ablative Guineától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Guineáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Guineáéi
Possessive forms of Guinea
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Guineám
2nd person sing. Guineád
3rd person sing. Guineája
1st person plural Guineánk
2nd person plural Guineátok
3rd person plural Guineájuk

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ɡwiˈnɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: Gui‧nè‧a

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Guinea f

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)
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Guinea f sg (genitive Guineae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Guinea
Genitive Guineae
Dative Guineae
Accusative Guineam
Ablative Guineā
Vocative Guinea

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Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)
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Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)
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Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈnea/ [ɡiˈne.a]
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  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: Gui‧ne‧a

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Guinea f

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)
    Synonym: República de Guinea

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Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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Guinea n (genitive Guineas)

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)
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