Guinea (disambiguation)
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Guinea is a Berber term meaning "land of the blacks". It may refer to the following:
Countries
- Guinea, a country in West Africa
- Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa
- Equatorial Guinea, a country in Central Africa
- Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of New Guinea and adjacent islands
Regions
- Gulf of Guinea, a part of the Atlantic southwest of 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, Gloucester County, Virginia, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Former European colonies in Africa
Guinea may also be:
- Guinea pig, a genus of rodents
- Guineafowl, a family birds
- Guinea (British coin), an old British coin and currency unit with a value of 21 shillings
- Guinea (ethnic slur), an American offensive term for someone of Italian descent
- Guinea (band), a puertorrican psychedelic, experimental, electro-acoustic, indie band from the underground scene
- Guinea worm - parasitic worm native to parts of Africa
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