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n. A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling.

n. The sum of one pound and one shilling.

n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.

n. A person of Italian descent.

n. A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings and originally made from gold imported from Africa; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.

n. A ground-foraging bird of Africa, of the family Numididea. Domesticated strains include Pearl, White, Buff, Blue, Purple and Lavender. Also called guinea fowl.

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.

n. An English gold coin, of the value of 21 shillings, first issued by Charles II. in 1663, and by his successors till 1813, since which year it has not been coined.

n. A money of account, of the value of 21 shillings, still often used in English reckonings.

n. A guinea-fowl.

n. An Italian.

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

n. a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958

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

n. a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

"For these reasons, in the 1890s the term guinea, which had been used for slaves from the coast of West Africa, was applied to Italian Americans."

guinea hen   

Italian    african country    african nation    coin   

third of a guinea    military guinea    greaseball    wop    goombah    dago   

Ginnie    Ginny    Mini    Minnie    Pliny    Vinnie    Winnie    ginny    hiney    hinny   

Louis    shilling    penny    franc    rupee    moidore