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guinea

43 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. guinea (noun)
  2. Guinea (geographical name)
  3. Guinea Carmine B (noun)
  4. Guinea corn (noun)
  5. guinea duck (noun)
  6. Guinea Fast Red (noun)
  7. guinea fowl (noun)
  8. guinea gold (noun)
  9. guinea gold vine (noun)
  10. guinea grain (noun)
  11. guinea grass (noun)
  12. guinea green (noun)
  13. Guinea Green B (noun)
  14. guinea hen (noun)
  15. guinea-hen flower (noun)
  16. guinea-hen weed (noun)
  17. Guinea Negro (noun)
  18. Guinea peach (noun)
  19. guinea pepper (noun)
  20. guinea pig (noun)
  21. guinea plum (noun)
  22. guinea rush (noun)
  23. guinea squash (noun)
  24. guinea worm (noun)
  25. guinea worm disease (noun)
  26. Guinea-Bissau (geographical name)
  27. crested guinea fowl (noun)
  28. false guinea grass (noun)
  29. helmeted guinea fowl (noun)
  30. New Guinea butter bean (noun)

guin·ea

noun \ˈgi-nē\

Definition of GUINEA

1
: an English gold coin issued from 1663 to 1813 and fixed in 1717 at 21 shillings
2
: a unit of value equal to one pound and one shilling
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Origin of GUINEA

Guinea, Africa, supposed source of the gold from which it was made
First Known Use: 1664

Other Monetary Terms

clad, legend, numismatic, obverse, reverse, scrip, series, specie

Rhymes with GUINEA

cine, finny, ginny, Guinea, hinny, mini, ninny, pinny, shinny, skinny, spinney, squinny, tinny, whinny, Winnie

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