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noun Etymology: Guinea, Africa, supposed source of the gold from which it was made Date: 1664 1. an English gold coin issued from 1663 to 1813 and fixed in 1717 at 21 shillings 2. a unit of value equal to one pound and one shilling GUINEA or French Guinee geographical name 1. region W Africa bordering on the Atlantic from Gambia (on N) to Angola (on S) 2. (or formerly French ~) republic W Africa bordering on the Atlantic; formerly a territory of French West Africa capital Conakry area 94,925 square miles (245,856 square kilometers), population 7,300,000 • ~n adjective or noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 Brit. hist. the sum of 21 old shillings ({pound}1.05), used esp. in determining professional fees. 2 hist. a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings, first coined for the African trade. Phrases and idioms guinea-fowl any African fowl of the family Numididae, esp. Numida meleagris, with slate-coloured white-spotted plumage. guinea-pig 1 a domesticated S. American cavy, Cavia porcellus, kept as a pet or for research in biology etc. 2 a person or thing used as a subject for experiment. Etymology: Guinea in W. Africa ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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сущ. устар. гинея (денежная единица в Англии=21 шиллинг) - Equatorial Guinea - Papua New Guinea GUINEA сущ. Гвинея (государственный язык французский, национальная валюта - гвинейский франк) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. гинея (английская денежная единица и монета; равна 21 шиллингу) half a guinea —- полгинеи Guinea 1. Гвинея Guinea merchant —- ист. купец, ведущий торговлю с Гвинеей; ист. работорговец Guinea ship —- ист. судно, доставляющее товары в Гвинею; ист. корабль работорговца ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun гинея (прежде золотая монета, теперь денежная единица = 21 шиллингу) GUINEA worm noun ришта (подкожный червь) GUINEA noun Гвинея GUINEA squash noun bot. баклажан ...Англо-русский словарь
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- the former British coin, 1664, from Guinea, region along the west coast of Africa, presumably from an African word, the 20-shilling coins so called because they were first minted for British trade with Guinea (but soon in domestic use) and with gold from Africa. The Guinea hen (16c.) is a domestic fowl imported from there; the Guinea pig is native to South America and is so called either because it was first brought back to Britain aboard Guinea-men, ships that plied the triangle trade between England, Guinea, and South America; or from confusion of Guinea with the South American region of Guyana. Guinea pig in extended sense of "one subjected to an experiment" first recorded 1920. Guinea "derogatory term for Italian" (by 1896) was originally Guinea Negro (1740s) and meant "black person, person of mixed ancestry." It was applied to Italians c.1890 probably because of their dark complexions relative to northern Europeans, and after 1911 was occasionally applied to Hispanics and Pacific Islanders as well. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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