Guinea (disambiguation)

Guinea or Guinea-Conakry is a republic in West Africa, independent since 1958.

Guinea may also refer to:

Places in West Africa

• Guinea (region), a region in West Africa
• Gulf of Guinea, a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean off West African coast, south of Nigeria and west of Cameroon
  • Guinea Highlands, a forested mountain plateau in the Guinea region
  • Guinean forest-savanna mosaic, an ecoregion of West Africa
  • Upper Guinea historical name for the north coast of the gulf
    • Upper Guinean forests, a tropical moist forest region of West Africa
  • Lower Guinea ] historical name for the east coast of the gulf
    • Lower Guinean forests, a coastal forest region in the Guinea region
  • Middle Guinea, a region in central part of the Republic of Guinea

Nations

• Guinea or Guinea-Conakry a country in Central Africa, formerly the colony of French Guinea
• Equatorial Guinea, a country in Central Africa, formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly the colony of Portuguese Guinea

Former European colonies

• Danish Guinea, another name for Danish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
• 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
• 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
• Swedish Guinea, another name for Swedish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa

New Guinea

• New Guinea (Papua Island), a large island north of Australia in the southwestern Pacific
  • Papua New Guinea, a nation occupying the eastern half of the island 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
    • German New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
  • West Papua, the western half of New Guinea under several governments:
    • Dutch Guinea, or Dutch New Guinea, another name for Netherlands New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Indonesian Papua
    • Republic of West Papua, proposed state
    • Irian Jaya, Indonesian province formed in 1969 following West New Guinea dispute
      • West Papua (province), Indonesian province formed in early 2000's
      • Papua (province), Indonesian province formed in early 2000's
• Papua (disambiguation)

Other

• Guinea, Nova Scotia a community in Nova Scotia, Canada
• Guinea, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
• Guinea, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia
• Nueva Guinea, a town in Nicaragua

Currency

• Guinea (coin), a former British coin and currency unit
• Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic Genēh Maṣri), genēh is pronounced like and derived from the English word guinea

Surname

• Cristina Guinea (born 1992), field hockey midfielder
• Emilio Guinea (1907–1985), Spanish botanist

Animals

• Guinea (wasp), a wasp genus in the subfamily Pteromalinae
• Guinea baboon, Papio papio, a species of baboon
• Guinea pig, a genus of rodents
• Guinea snout-burrower, a species of frog
• Guinea worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa
• Guineafowl, four genera of chicken-like birds in the family Numididae

Other uses

• "Guinea", an English language offensive term for someone of Italian descent
• "Guineas", a former term (now considered pejorative) for the Chestnut Ridge people of West Virginia
• "Impatiens hawkeri" (New Guinea impatiens), a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae
• The 1000 Guineas or 2000 Guineas British horse races run at Newmarket

See also

• Guinia (disambiguation)
• Akal n-Iguinawen, for the possible origin of the name Guinea
• Areas in South America with similar spellings:
  • French Guiana, an overseas department of France
  • Guyana, a country
  • The Guianas, a region
• Guinea Creole (disambiguation)
• Guinea company (disambiguation)
• Guinn
• Guyana (disambiguation)