Guinea
Guinea i/ˈɡɪni/, officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea (Guinée française), 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 (94,981 sq mi). Forming a crescent as it curves from its western border on the Atlantic Ocean toward the east and the south, it shares its northern border with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali, and its southern border with Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. The sources of the Niger River, Gambia River, and Senegal River are all found in the Guinea Highlands.
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... The Territory of Papua comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea from 1883 to 1949 ... Protectorate in the year 1884, and four years later it was formally annexed as British New Guinea ... was dissolved as a political entity when it was amalgamated with the former German New Guinea territory that had been mandated to Australia by the League of Nations after ...
... After the war, the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949 united the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea ... in Australia, the Territory became the independent nation of Papua New Guinea ...
... See also List of African writers (by country)#Guinea and Music of Guinea This section requires expansion Like other West African countries, Guinea has a rich musical tradition ...
More definitions of "Guinea":
- (noun): Offensive terms for a person of Italian descent.
Synonyms: wop, dago, greaseball
- (noun): A west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world.
Synonyms: guinea fowl, Numida meleagris
- (noun): A republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958.
Synonyms: Republic of Guinea, French Guinea
Famous quotes containing the word guinea:
“We’re all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)
“To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)