1) African coast 2) African coastal region 3) African country 4) African state 5) British gold coin 6) Coin 7) Coin of England 8) Coin of the United Kingdom 9) Conakry is its capital 10) State in Africa 11) Country in West Africa 12) Country beginning with G 13) Country in Africa 14) Equivalent of 21 shillings
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- a former British gold coin worth 21 chillings
- ethnic slur; offensive terms for a person of Italian descent
- a republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
- W African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
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monetary unit equal to 1 pound 1 shilling.( * see note)
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• (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. • (n.) A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.Guinea: words in the...
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A British gold coin first struck under Charles II in 1663 and so named because some of the bullion gold used to make the first pieces was imported from Guinea by the Africa Company.
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country of western Africa. It is bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali to the north and east; by Côte d`Ivoire to the southeast; by Liberia ... [26 related articles]
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the forest and coastal areas of western Africa between the tropic of Cancer and the equator. Derived from the Berber word aguinaw, or gnawa, meaning ... [4 related articles]
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(from the article `coin`) The modern coinage dates from the reign of Charles II. After issuing the old denomination of hammered money in the first two years of his reign, he ...
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Country in West Africa, bounded north by Senegal, northeast by Mali, southeast by Côte d'Ivoire, south by Liberia and Sierra Leone, west by the Atlantic Ocean,...
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Name formerly applied to a large part of the west coast of Africa stretching from the Gambia to the Zaire rivers, and extending inland to the borders of western Sudan. The name came into use during...
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English gold coin, notionally worth 21 shillings (£1.05). It has not been minted since 1817, when it was superseded by the gold sovereign, but was used until 1971 in billing professional fees....
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1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc, are named. ... 2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. 'The guinea, so called from the Gu...
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A British gold coin first struck under Charles II in 1663 and so called because some of the bullion gold used to make the first pieces was imported from Guinea by the Africa Company. The provenance mark of an elephant or elephant and castle was the Africa Company symbol, and is found on some of the coins. After some fluctuation, the value of the co …...
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Guin'ea (gĭn'e)
noun 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the
Guinea fowl ,
Guinea grass ,
Guinea peach , etc., are named.
2. A gold coin of England current for twenty- one shillings sterli...
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21 shillings. Small gold coin. Rarely used. Term still used in horse racing and auctions.
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21 shillings. Term still used in horse racing and auctions.
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A coin first minted in 1696 and worth twenty-one shillings.
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The Guinea was the first English gold coin, and was set at a value of 20 shillings when it was first struck, by the British government. Guineas were first minted in 1663 and later so named from the gold which came from the coast of Guinea and which was among the loot captured with 160 Dutch vessels in 1666. The value of the guinea was allowed to fl...
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Guinea is derogatory American slang for an Italian or a person of Italian descent.
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n] - a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings 2. [n] - a republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic
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[Treasure Island] an English gold coin (last minted in 1813) equal to 21 shillings (a little over a pound).
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Country in West Africa, bounded north by Senegal, northeast by Mali, southeast by Côte d'Ivoire, south by Liberia and Sierra Leone, west by the Atlantic Ocean, and northwest by Guinea-Bissau. Government The 1991 constitution, amended in 1992, provides for a directly elected president, who is head of both state and government and serves...
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a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary. · Formerly,an independent republic in W Africa, on the Atlantic coast. 4,800,000; ab. 96,900 sq. mi. (251,000 sq. km). Cap.: Conakry. · a part of the Atlantic Ocean that projects into the W coast of Africa and extends from the Ivory Coast to Gabon. ...
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