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GUINEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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; guinea fowl; Numida meleagris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("guinea" is a kind of...):
domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)
Meronyms (parts of "guinea"):
guinea hen (flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guinea"):
guinea hen (female guinea fowl)
Holonyms ("guinea" is a member of...):
genus Numida; Numida (guinea fowl)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
Synonyms:
French Guinea; Guinea; Republic of Guinea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Guinea"):
capital of Guinea; Conakry; Konakri (a port and the capital of Guinea)
Niger; Niger River (an African river; flows into the South Atlantic)
Meronyms (members of "Guinea"):
Guinean (a native or inhabitant of Guinea)
Holonyms ("Guinea" is a part of...):
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
Derivation:
Guinean (of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Synonyms:
dago; ginzo; greaseball; Guinea; wop
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Guinea" is a kind of...):
Italian (a native or inhabitant of Italy)
Domain usage:
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
ethnic slur (a slur on someone's race or language)
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Sense 4
Meaning:
A former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("guinea" is a kind of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Context examples:
Glutamine supplements can suppress reactivation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in mice and guinea pigs.
(Glutamine suppresses herpes in mice and guinea pigs, National Institutes of Health)
Then perhaps you will explain this receipted bill for thirteen guineas, paid by Mr. Godfrey Staunton last month to Dr. Leslie Armstrong, of Cambridge.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Here’s a guinea for him! He shall never say I robbed him of his uncle.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A famous clever animal for the road—only forty guineas.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
His terms are five guineas a day.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
You were very popular before you came, because you were Mr. Weston's son—but lay out half a guinea at Ford's, and your popularity will stand upon your own virtues.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
"This parlour is not his sphere," I reflected: the Himalayan ridge or Caffre bush, even the plague-cursed Guinea Coast swamp would suit him better.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Sure you do not mean to persuade me that the Colonel only marries you for the sake of giving ten guineas to Mr. Ferrars!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
This guinea pig breed is used as an animal model for studying human diseases and toxins harmful to man, as well as the development of serums and vaccines.
(Dunkin Hartley Guinea Pig, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal.
(Guinea-Bissau, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
