guinea

English Thesaurus

1. a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	domestic fowl, fowl, poultry,
definition	:	a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	guinea hen,
definition	:	female guinea fowl (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	guinea hen,
definition	:	flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens) (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus numida, numida,
definition	:	guinea fowl (noun.animal)

2. a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	african country, african nation,
definition	:	any one of the countries occupying the African continent (noun.location)

part holonym	:	capital of guinea, conakry, konakri,
definition	:	a port and the capital of Guinea (noun.location)

part holonym	:	niger, niger river,
definition	:	an African river; flows into the South Atlantic (noun.object)

part meronym	:	africa,
definition	:	the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean (noun.object)

member holonym	:	guinean,
definition	:	a native or inhabitant of Guinea (noun.person)

3. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent (noun.person)

hypernym	:	italian,
definition	:	a native or inhabitant of Italy (noun.person)

domain usage	:	depreciation, derogation, disparagement,
definition	:	a communication that belittles somebody or something (noun.communication)

domain usage	:	ethnic slur,
definition	:	a slur on someone's race or language (noun.communication)

domain usage	:	argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular,
definition	:	a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) (noun.communication)

4. a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	coin,
definition	:	a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money (noun.possession)

5. a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 (noun.location)

derivation	:	guinean,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants (adj.pert)

derivation	:	guinean,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants (adj.pert)