Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun guinea

4 senses of guinea

Sense 1
guinea -- (a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings)
       => coin -- (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

Sense 2
wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball -- ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent)
       => Italian -- (a native or inhabitant of Italy)

Sense 3
Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guinea -- (a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958)
       INSTANCE OF=> African country, African nation -- (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Sense 4
guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris -- (a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world)
       => domestic fowl, fowl, poultry -- (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)