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I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig.
Marilu Henner

Meaning of "guinea" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GUINEA

The coin was originally made of gold from Guinea.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GUINEA

guinea  [ˈɡɪnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUINEA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Guinea is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GUINEA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Guinea

Guinea i/ˈɡɪni/, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea, it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. It has a population of 10,057,975 and an area of 246,000 square kilometres. Forming a crescent as it curves from its western border on the Atlantic Ocean toward the east and the south, Guinea shares its northern border with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali, and its southern border with Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast. The sources of the Niger River, Gambia River, and Senegal River are all found in the Guinea Highlands. The country is a republic. Directly elected by the people, the president is the Head of State and Head of Government. The Unicameral National Assembly is the legislative body of the country, and its members are directly elected by the people. The judicial branch is led by the Guinea Supreme Court, the highest and final Court of appeal in the country. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures.

Definition of guinea in the English dictionary

The first definition of guinea in the dictionary is a British gold coin taken out of circulation in 1813, worth 21 shillings. Other definition of guinea is the sum of 21 shillings, still used in some contexts, as in quoting professional fees. Guinea is also an Italian or a person of Italian descent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUINEA


Bahraini
bɑːˈreɪnɪ
Cheney
ˈtʃeɪnɪ
destiny
ˈdɛstɪnɪ
Finney
ˈfɪnɪ
ginny
ˈdʒɪnɪ
gynney
ˈɡɪnɪ
lilangeni
ˈlɪlɑːŋˌɡeɪnɪ
mini
ˈmɪnɪ
minnie
ˈmɪnɪ
mutiny
ˈmjuːtɪnɪ
ragini
ˈraːɡɪnɪ
rainy
ˈreɪnɪ
Rimini
ˈrɪmɪnɪ
scrutiny
ˈskruːtɪnɪ
shiny
ˈʃaɪnɪ
skinny
ˈskɪnɪ
tinny
ˈtɪnɪ
tiny
ˈtaɪnɪ
Trini
ˈtrɪnɪ
whinny
ˈwɪnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUINEA

guiltier
guiltiest
guiltily
guiltiness
guiltless
guiltlessly
guiltlessness
guilty
guilty conscience
guilty party
guimbard
guimpe
Guin.
Guinea corn
guinea fowl
guinea grains
guinea hen
Guinea pepper
guinea pig

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUINEA

British New Guinea
dulcinea
Dutch New Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
French Guinea
Gulf of Guinea
Mantinea
New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
perinea
Portuguese Guinea
spade guinea
Spanish Guinea
tinea
Trust Territory of New Guinea

Synonyms and antonyms of guinea in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «guinea» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUINEA

Find out the translation of guinea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of guinea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guinea» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

几内亚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Guinea
570 millions of speakers

English

guinea
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गिनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غينيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гвинея
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Guiné
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গিনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Guinée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Guinea
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Guinea
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ギニア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기니
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Guinea
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước Guinea
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கினி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गिनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Guinea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Gwinea
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гвінея
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Guinea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Γουινέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Guinee
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Guinea
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Guinea
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of guinea

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUINEA»

The term «guinea» is very widely used and occupies the 4.632 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUINEA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «guinea» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «guinea» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about guinea

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10 QUOTES WITH «GUINEA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word guinea.
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Quentin Blake
Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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Juan Cole
I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs.
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Nat King Cole
I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
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Beth Ditto
Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic we are: that we will never be loved, happy or valuable unless we have the body, the face, the hair, even the personality that will apparently be ours, if only we buy their products.
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Griffin Dunne
I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to describe.
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Philip Emeagwali
The labs were happy that I was brave enough to attempt to program it and the $5 million computer was left entirely to my use. I was their human guinea pig.
7
Cornelia Funke
I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.
8
Alison Goldfrapp
I have a cat. When I was younger, I had a guinea pig.
9
Beth Henley
Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct.
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Marilu Henner
I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUINEA»

Discover the use of guinea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guinea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of ...
A medical ecologist examines the threat posed by disease-carrying parasites and insects and identifies the conditions--miracle drugs, destruction of natural controls--that have encouraged them to flourish
Robert S. Desowitz, 1987
2
Birds of New Guinea
This book treats all of the more than 700 species of birds recorded from the region, illustrating more than 600 of them in forty-seven fine color plates and eight black-and-white halftone plates.
Bruce McP. Beehler, 1986
3
Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958
The significance of this highly original book, based on previously unexamined archival records and oral interviews with grassroots activists, extends far beyond its primary subject.
Elizabeth Schmidt, 2007
4
Guinea Mining Laws and Regulations Handbook
Guinea Mining Laws and Regulations Handbook
Ibpus.com, International Business Publications, USA, 2008
5
Notebooks from New Guinea: Reflections on life, nature, and ...
This is a unique and delightfully engaging account by a leading tropical biologist of doing science at one of the last wild frontiers in the world. Vojtech Novotny is a highly respected Czech scientist.
Vojtech Novotny, 2011
6
Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea
Rituals of Manhood provides some of the most dramatic and richly textured accounts of ritual passages known to anthropologists of the late twentieth century.
Gilbert H. Herdt, 1997
7
Guinea Pigs
Simple text and photographs introduce and illustrate pet guinea pigs, their features, and basic care.
Martha E. H. Rustad, Gail Saunders-Smith, 2001
8
Adventures in New Guinea
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide.
James Chalmers, 2012
9
The Sambia: ritual and gender in New Guinea
This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes initiation rites and socialization studies, and contrasts the Sambia with other societies, including our own.
Gilbert H. Herdt, 1987
10
Historical Dictionary of Guinea
Thoroughly updated and extensively revised, this 4th edition provides a very solid and substantial guide to a better understanding of this richly endowed but poorly understood nation.
Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUINEA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guinea is used in the context of the following news items.
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Guinea Central Bank Chief Questioned by Swiss in Steinmetz Probe
(Bloomberg) -- Guinea's central bank chief was among those interviewed by Swiss investigators as they probe how a company controlled by ... «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»
2
These guinea pigs dress like Harry Potter and Abe Lincoln
The picture-perfect guinea pigs have been an instant hit on the Internet, with Fuzzberta's Instagram boasting close to 22,000 followers. «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
Yardsmart: Guinea hens may help protect garden, pets, family
My mother had a thing for guinea hens. These odd-looking African birds with their beautiful gray bodies, spotted feathers and curious white ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
4
Guinea: 28 September 2009 Massacre Case - Moussa Dadis …
Moussa Dadis Camara, former head of the Guinean junta, was indicted on 8 July in Burkina Faso where he resided. As commander in chief of ... «FIDH, Jul 15»
5
'We must be the guinea pigs for every incompetent balls-up in the GAA'
Hard luck to our minors. We must be the guinea pigs for every incompetent balls-up in the GAA. From HawkEye to a guy who can't tell time! «The42, Jul 15»
6
NKU men's soccer standout Komolong representing New Guinea in …
Northern Kentucky men's soccer player Alwin Komolong will continue his run with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) U-23 national squad playing ... «User-generated content, Jul 15»
7
NIGERIA : Curious CAR connection to win blocks in Equatorial Guinea
A current licensing round in Equatorial Guinea is turning into a merry-go-round as various middle-men try to lure Nigerian juniors into the whirl. «Africa Intelligence, Jul 15»
8
Angola Hosts Conference on Maritime Surveillance on Gulf of Guinea
Ambriz — The International Conference on Surveillance and Maritime Security on the Gulf of Guinea will be held in Luanda, in September this ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Papua New Guinea Vs Hong Kong (T20 world cup qualifying): Live …
From Group A Papua New Guinea will play their 2nd matches and Hong Kong will play their 3rd matches of the tournament of 2016 T20 WC ... «TSM Plug, Jul 15»
10
Guinea's president on global aid push: 'Ebola forced us to change …
The president of Guinea, Alpha Condé, was cautiously optimistic. ... Asked about the rate of infection in Guinea, compared to Liberia and Sierra ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Guinea [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/guinea>. May 2024 ».
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