Definition of Guinia
Guinea, a name somewhat loosely applied to an extensive tract of
territory on the W. coast of Africa, generally recognised as extending
from the mouth of the Senegal in the N. to Cape Negro in the S., and is
further designated as Lower and Upper Guinea, the boundary line being
practically the Equator; the territory is occupied by various colonies of
Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and the Negro Republic of
Liberia.
- Wikipedia
Guin"ea (g&ibreve;n"&esl;), n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa
(formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the
Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc.,
are named.
2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-
one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since
the issue of sovereigns in 1817.
The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty
shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one
shillings. Pinkerton.
Guinea corn. (Bot.) See
Durra. -- Guinea Current
(Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting
southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. --
Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping
counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] Gay. -- Guinea
fowl, Guinea hen (Zoöl.),
an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied
to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (N.
meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head,
and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The
crested Guinea fowl (N. cristata) is a finer species. --
Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of
Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum. -- Guinea
grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass
(Panicum jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West
Indies and Southern United States. -- Guinea-hen
flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower
(Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers
of the Guinea hen. -- Guinea peach. See
under Peach. -- Guinea pepper
(Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree
of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa.
They are also sold under the name of Piper
Æthiopicum. --Guinea pig. [Prob. a
mistake for Guiana pig.] (a)
(Zoöl.) A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia
cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually of a white
color, with spots of orange and black. (b) A
contemptuous sobriquet. Smollett -- Guinea
plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium
excelsum, a large West African tree of the order
Chrysobalaneæ, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat
resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and
rough-skin plum. -- Guinea worm
(Zoöl.), a long and slender African nematoid worm
(Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the
cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful
sores.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
Norwegian
- Guinea
Swedish
- Guinea
guinea
English
- (United States English slang, pejorative) a person of Italian descent
- (British) (in pre-decimal currency) one pound and one shilling.
- formerly a British gold coin.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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