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Where does “Guinea” come from?

Guinea comes from Portuguese Guiné, a place name of uncertain ultimate origin.

Ancestry of “Guinea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseGuinéGuinea
2English-iaUsed in forming names of countries, diseases,...
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Guinea”

  • guinea
  • Guinean
  • ginzo
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • guinea
  • ghinea
  • guinée
  • Guinee
  • ギニア
  • ギニー
  • ギニアビサウ
  • 기니비사우
  • 기니
  • gine
  • गिनी
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