Guineanadj.n.
/ˈɡɪniːən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Guinea.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > West Africa > specific countries
Guinean1607
Congoese1765
Liberian1823
Congolese1839
Gambian1864
Mali1906
Senegambian1911
Togolese1957
Mauritanian1959
Malian1963
Ivorian1966
Biafran1967
Upper Voltan1972
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 705 The Tatvs, or Gvinean Beast..is brought..out of the new-found world, and out of Guinia.
1875 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. III. 758/2 Beginning on the West Coast, where the Libyan Subregion stops, we have another Subregion, the ‘Guinean’, comprising the seaboard from Sierra Leone to somewhere about Angola.
1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 350 This ‘Guinean’ Province occupies what is commonly called the ‘West Coast’ of Africa.
1963 Guardian 11 Mar. 9/3 All Guinean francs held abroad were yesterday declared valueless, to combat currency trafficking and the circulation of counterfeit money.
1970 Times 6 May 10/6 She wears a striking brown and gold Guinean warrior's hat.
B. n.
An inhabitant of Guinea.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of West Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Guinean1589
Kongo1600
Gambian1744
Guinea Negro1748
Congoese1765
Sierra Leonean1791
Congolese1800
Liberian1826
Guinea-man1830
Nigerian1860
Lagosian1897
Basenji1906
Ghanaian1949
assimilado1953
Mali1960
Malian1960
Katangese1962
Biafran1967
Zairean1972
Ivorian1973
Zairois1973
Zairese1974
Upper Voltan1975
Voltaic1976
1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 525 Their foode..passeth all other Guyneans for kine.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 112 The Guineans take their meat torne in peeces with the thre midmost fingers.
1963 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. 16/1 The teacher, Miss Svetlana Ushakova, 30, offended the ambassador by fraternising with Guineans.
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