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GUINEAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Guinea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Guinean" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Guinean" is a member of...):

French Guinea; Guinea; Republic of Guinea (a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958)

Derivation:

Guinean (of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants

Example:

Guinean borders

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Guinea (a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958)

Derivation:

Guinea (a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958)

Guinean (a native or inhabitant of Guinea)

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