guinea

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a former British gold coin worth twenty-one shillings

   The portrait sold for fifty guineas.

2. 2
   noun

   a guinea fowl, or a bird related to it

   The farm kept chickens and a few guineas.

3. 3
   name

   a country and coastal region in West Africa

   Guinea lies on the Atlantic coast of West Africa.

Common collocations

• guinea pig Noun + noun

From Guinea, the early modern European name for part of West Africa. The coin was originally made from gold associated with the region; the bird name also refers to its African origin.

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