Guinea (disambiguation)
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Guinea is a country in West Africa.
Guinea may also refer to:
Countries
- 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
- Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands
Former European colonies
- 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, or Dutch New Guinea, another name for Netherlands New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Indonesian Papua
- 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
- Swedish Guinea, another name for Swedish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
Geography
- Guinea (region), a region in West Africa
- Guinea Highlands, a forested mountain plateau in the Guinea region
- Lower Guinea
- Lower Guinean forests, a coastal forest region in the Guinea region
- Middle Guinea
- Upper Guinea
- Upper Guinean forests, a tropical moist forest region of West Africa
- Guinea, Nova Scotia a community in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Gulf of Guinea, a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean off West African coast, south of Nigeria and west of Cameroon
- Guinea, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
- New Guinea (Papua Island), a large island north of Australia in the southwestern Pacific
- Western New Guinea (West Papua), the western half of New Guinea
Surname
- 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 worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa
- Guineafowl, a family of birds
Other uses
- Guinea (British coin), a former British coin and currency unit
- "Guinea", an English language offensive term for someone of Italian descent
- "Guineas", an antiquated term (now considered pejorative) for a bi- or tri-racial clan in northern West Virginia, the Chestnut Ridge people
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
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