Guinea (Guinée, in French) or Guinea-Conakry is a republic in West Africa, independent since 1958.
Guinea may also refer to:
Places
West Africa
Nations
- Equatorial Guinea, a country in Central Africa, formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly the colony of Portuguese Guinea
Regions
- Guinea (region), a region in West Africa
- Guinea Highlands, a forested mountain plateau in the Guinea region
- Guinean forest-savanna mosaic, an ecoregion of West Africa
- Upper Guinean forests, a tropical moist forest region of West Africa
- Middle Guinea, a region in the central part of the Republic of Guinea
- Lower Guinean forests, a coastal forest region in the Guinea region
- Gulf of Guinea, a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean off West African coast, south of Nigeria and west of Cameroon
- Upper Guinea historical name for the north coast of the gulf
- Lower Guinea, a historical name for the east coast of the gulf
Historical
- Danish Guinea, another name for Danish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
- French Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea
- Portuguese Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea-Bissau
- Spanish Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Equatorial Guinea
- Swedish Guinea, another name for Swedish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
Oceania
- New Guinea (Papua Island), a large island in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific
- Papua New Guinea, a nation occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands
- British Guinea, or British New Guinea, another name for the Territory of Papua, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
- German New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
- Western New Guinea, the western half of New Guinea which forms a part of Indonesia
- West Papua (province), Indonesian province formed in early 2000's
- Papua (province), Indonesian province formed in early 2000's
- Dutch New Guinea, also known as Netherlands New Guinea, a former Dutch colony in what is now Indonesian Papua
- Republic of West Papua, proposed state
- Irian Jaya, Indonesian province formed in 1969 following the West New Guinea dispute
- Papua New Guinea, a nation occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands
- Papua (disambiguation)
Places in North America
- Guinea, Nova Scotia a community in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Guinea, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
- Guinea, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia
- Nueva Guinea, a town in Nicaragua
Currency
- Guinea (coin), a former British coin and currency unit
- Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic Genēh Maṣri), genēh is pronounced like the English word guinea
Surname
- Cristina Guinea (born 1992), field hockey midfielder
- Emilio Guinea (1907–1985), Spanish botanist
Animals
- Guinea (wasp), a wasp genus in the subfamily Pteromalinae
- Guinea baboon, Papio papio, a species of baboon
- Guinea pig, a genus of rodents
- Guinea snout-burrower, a species of frog
- Guinea worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa
- Guineafowl, four genera of chicken-like birds in the family Numididae
Other uses
- Aikea-Guinea, 1985 single by the Cocteau Twins
- "Guinea", an English-language offensive term for someone of Italian descent
- "Guineas", a former term (now considered pejorative) for the Chestnut Ridge people of West Virginia
- The 1000 Guineas or 2000 Guineas British horse races run at Newmarket
See also
- Guinia (disambiguation)
- Akal n-Iguinawen, for the possible origin of the name Guinea
- Areas in South America with similar spellings:
- French Guiana, an overseas department of France
- Guyana, a country
- The Guianas, a region
- Guinea Creole (disambiguation)
- Guinea company (disambiguation)
- Guinn
- Guyana (disambiguation)
- Guineaman, a ship used to transport slaves from the region of Guinea
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