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      guinea
      noun
      A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
      (derogatory US slang, ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent in the United States.
      Synonym of guinea fowl.
      (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
      (historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.
      (British, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
      Roots
      guineaguinea- · other · Guinea, West Africa
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