guinean

«guinean» in Mova's school dictionary: From or to do with Guinea, a country in West Africa — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (Guinean); noun (a Guinean, Guineans)

meaning for a pupil

1) From or to do with Guinea, a country in West Africa. tree →

2) (noun) A person from Guinea. tree →

3) Sometimes used for Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau, which are different countries (more exactly: Equatoguinean, Bissau-Guinean). tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons Guinea is known for its rivers (the Niger and Senegal start there), bauxite mining, and French as an official language. Guinean music has famous griots and kora players. Phrases: Guinean music, a Guinean village.

examples

• The Guinean capital is Conakry. tree →
• Guinean griots play the kora. tree →
• Our football coach is Guinean. tree →
• The River Niger starts in the Guinean highlands. tree →
• Many Guineans speak French as well as local languages. tree →

note

Always capital G. Pronounced GIN-ee-un. Do not confuse Guinea (West Africa) with Papua New Guinea (in Oceania), Guinea-Bissau or Equatorial Guinea; a person from Papua New Guinea is a Papua New Guinean. A «guinea pig» is a pet from South America, not from Guinea.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «guinean» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.