Guinea (disambiguation)

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

Guinea may also refer to:

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