guinea lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
• a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
• a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
• (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
• A republic in western Africa, south of SENEGAL and MALI, east of GUINEA-BISSAU. Its capital is Conakry. Its coastal region was proclaimed a French protectorate in 1849, was established as a separate colony called French Guinea in 1893, and gained its independence in 1958. This Guinea gave its name to the coin originally made out of gold coming from there. Guinea is from a Tuareg word aginaw, meaning black people. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p474&Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p222)