Guinea (disambiguation)
# Guinea (disambiguation)

Guinea (Guinée, in French) or Guinea-Conakry is a republic in West Africa, independent since 1958.

Guinea may also refer to:

## Places

### West Africa

**Nations**

* Equatorial Guinea, a country in Central Africa, formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly the colony of Portuguese Guinea

**Regions**

* Guinea (region), a region in West Africa
   * Guinea Highlands, a forested mountain plateau in the Guinea region
   * Guinean forest-savanna mosaic, an ecoregion of West Africa
   * Upper Guinean forests, a tropical moist forest region of West Africa
   * Middle Guinea, a region in the central part of the Republic of Guinea
   * Lower Guinean forests, a coastal forest region in the Guinea region
* Gulf of Guinea, a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean off West African coast, south of Nigeria and west of Cameroon
   * Upper Guinea historical name for the north coast of the gulf
   * Lower Guinea, a historical name for the east coast of the gulf

**Historical**

* Danish Guinea, another name for Danish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
* French Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea
* Portuguese Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea-Bissau
* Spanish Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Equatorial Guinea
* Swedish Guinea, another name for Swedish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa

### Oceania

* New Guinea (Papua Island), a large island in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific
   * Papua New Guinea, a nation occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands
      * British Guinea, or British New Guinea, another name for the Territory of Papua, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
      * German New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
   * Western New Guinea, the western half of New Guinea which forms a part of Indonesia
      * West Papua (province), Indonesian province formed in early 2000's
      * Papua (province), Indonesian province formed in early 2000's
      * Dutch New Guinea, also known as Netherlands New Guinea, a former Dutch colony in what is now Indonesian Papua
      * Republic of West Papua, proposed state
      * Irian Jaya, Indonesian province formed in 1969 following the West New Guinea dispute
* Papua (disambiguation)

### Places in North America

* Guinea, Nova Scotia a community in Nova Scotia, Canada
* Guinea, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
* Guinea, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia
* Nueva Guinea, a town in Nicaragua

## Currency

* Guinea (coin), a former British coin and currency unit
* Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic Genēh Maṣri), genēh is pronounced like the English word guinea

## Surname

* Cristina Guinea (born 1992), field hockey midfielder
* Emilio Guinea (1907–1985), Spanish botanist

## Animals

* Guinea (wasp), a wasp genus in the subfamily Pteromalinae
* Guinea baboon, Papio papio, a species of baboon
* Guinea pig, a genus of rodents
* Guinea snout-burrower, a species of frog
* Guinea worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa
* Guineafowl, four genera of chicken-like birds in the family Numididae

## Other uses

* Aikea-Guinea, 1985 single by the Cocteau Twins
* "Guinea", an English-language offensive term for someone of Italian descent
* "Guineas", a former term (now considered pejorative) for the Chestnut Ridge people of West Virginia
* The 1000 Guineas or 2000 Guineas British horse races run at Newmarket
