Guinea (disambiguation)
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Guinea may refer to:
Countries
- Guinea, a country in West Africa, formerly the colony of French Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly the colony of Portuguese Guinea
- Equatorial Guinea, a country in Central Africa, formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea
- Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of New Guinea and adjacent islands
- British Guinea, or British New Guinea, another name for the Territory of Papua, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
- Danish Guinea, another name for Danish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
- Dutch Guinea, another name for Dutch Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
- Dutch Guinea, or Dutch New Guinea, another name for Netherlands New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Indonesia
- French Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea
- German Guinea, another name for the former colonies of Kamerun and Togoland in West Africa
- German Guinea, or German New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
- Portuguese Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea-Bissau
- Spanish Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Equatorial Guinea
Regions
- Gulf of Guinea, part of the Atlantic south of Nigeria/west of Cameroon, Africa
- Guinea (region), a region along the Gulf of Guinea
- New Guinea, an island on the edge of the Pacific Ocean
- Western New Guinea, a region occupying the western half of New Guinea
- Guinea, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
- Lower Guinean forests, a coastal forest region along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea
- Upper Guinean forests, a tropical moist forest region of West Africa
Others
- Guinea pig, a genus of rodents
- Guinea baboon, Papio papio, a species of baboon
- Guineafowl, a family of birds
- Guinea (British coin), an old British coin and currency unit with a value of 21 shillings
- Guinea, an English-language offensive term for someone of Italian descent
- Guinea worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa
- "Guineas", a bi- or tri-racial clan in northern West Virginia, the Chestnut Ridge people
[edit] See also
- Akal n-Iguinawen, for the possible origin of the name Guinea
- Guyanas, a region of South America
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