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guinea

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/ˈɡɪni/ English

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noun

  1. A person of Italian descent.
  2. A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.

noun

  1. Any of several African birds of the family Numididae (6 species) resembling partridges.

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