Guiné

See also: Guine, guiñe, and guiñé

Portuguese

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; possibly from a Berber source like Tarifit aynaw (“mute”) (alternative form agnaw) i.e. “those who don't speak our language” (compare the similarly constructed Slavic term *němьcь (“foreigner”, literally “not-speak”), as in Polish Niemiec (“German”)). Or, possibly after the city of Djenné. More at Guinea (region) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: Gui‧né

Proper noun

Guiné f

  1. (historical) Guinea (the coastal regions of Subsaharan West Africa)
  2. Guinea (a country in West Africa)
    Synonyms: República da Guiné, Guiné-Conacri
  3. (informal) synonym of Guiné-Bissau

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Guinea

References

Law, Gwillim: Administrative Subdivisions of Countries, p.160

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