guinea

About 9.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

french guinea greaseball wop dago guinea fowl numida meleagris guinea-bissau ghana guyana guinean

Often followed by

pig pigs and coast to in fowl is was

Word family

French Guinea Guinea Guinean Guineans Guinee Guinée guineas