1. (

• guinea

) a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings ;

2. (

• wop ,
• dago ,
• ginzo ,
• Guinea ,
• greaseball

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

3. (

• Guinea ,
• Republic_of_Guinea ,
• French_Guinea

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

4. (

• guinea_fowl ,
• guinea ,
• Numida_meleagris

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