Guinea

See also: guinea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Guiné, which is of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. (historical geography) The coast 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.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ɡiˈnə.ə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ɡiˈnɛ.ə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ɡiˈne.a/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Guinea f

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɪnɛa]
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡviːnɛa]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Guinea f (related adjective guinejský, demonym Guinejec)

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Further reading

  • Guinea in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Guinea in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Guinea in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Guiné.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Guinea (type kulkija)
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Guineattani —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Guineattasi —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Guineattamme —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Guineattanne —
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
—
instructive — —
abessive Guineattaan
Guineattansa
—
comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈneːa/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Guineer (some speakers)

Proper noun

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, [...].
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 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 [...]
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 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 quote)

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Declension

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 —

Derived terms

Compound words

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guinea f

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Guinea f sg (genitive Guineae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guinea f

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

Derived terms

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Guinea

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

See also

Swedish

Proper noun

Guinea n (genitive Guineas)

  1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)
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