guinea
noun
/ˈɡɪni/
Word Forms
| singular | guinea |
| plural | guineas |
- 1countable a unit of money or a gold coin used in Britain in the past, worth £1.05Synonyms and related wordsOld units of moneybobcrownDeutschmark
- 2used in the names of two important horse races that take place every spring in England, the 1,000 Guineas and the 2,000 Guineas
Guineas
Synonyms and related wordsHorse racing and other horse riding competitionsaccumulatorAscotbetting shop
Guinea
/ˈgɪni/
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- Official nameRépublique de Guinée (Republic of Guinea)CapitalConakryPopulation estimate (2015)12·61 millionInternet domain extension.gnCurrencyThe unit of currency is the Guinean franc (GNF).TerritoryGuinea is bounded in the north-west by Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, north-east by Mali, south-east by Côte d’Ivoire, south by Liberia and Sierra Leone, and west by the Atlantic Ocean.LanguageThe official language is French.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, LondonSynonyms and related wordsSpecific countries in the dictionaryAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeria
Guinea
/ˈgɪni/
© Getty Images / kosmozoo
- Official nameRépublique de Guinée (Republic of Guinea)CapitalConakryPopulation estimate (2015)12·61 millionInternet domain extension.gnCurrencyThe unit of currency is the Guinean franc (GNF).TerritoryGuinea is bounded in the north-west by Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, north-east by Mali, south-east by Côte d’Ivoire, south by Liberia and Sierra Leone, and west by the Atlantic Ocean.LanguageThe official language is French.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, LondonSynonyms and related wordsSpecific countries in the dictionaryAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeria
guinea
noun countable
/ˈɡɪni/
Word Forms
| singular | guinea |
| plural | guineas |
- 1a unit of money or a gold coin used in Britain in the past, worth £1.05Synonyms and related wordsOld units of moneycrownDeutschmarkDM
- the first flush of youth/success/love/freedom etc
- the first flush of youth/success/love/freedom etc.
- the first lady
- the first person
- the first someone hears/knows of something
- the first world
- the first world war
- the first/second etc right
- the first/second etc. right
- the first/second etc time round/around
- the first/second etc. time round/around
- the flat of something
- the fleet air arm
- the flicks
- the florida keys
- the flower of something
- the fo
- the football pools
- the footsie
- the forces of darkness/evil
- the forces of nature
- the forefront
- the foreign legion
- the foreign office
- the forenoon