Guinea - Definition
guinea
n 1: a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
2: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
[syn: wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball]
3: a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a
French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
[syn: Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guinea]
4: a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white;
native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the
world [syn: guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris]