title: Guinea (disambiguation)
text: # Guinea (disambiguation)
  
  Guinea (Guinée, in French) or Guinea-Conakry is a republic in West Africa, independent since 1958.
  
  Guinea may also refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  ### West Africa
  
  **Nations**
  
  * Equatorial Guinea, a country in Central Africa, formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea
  * Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly the colony of Portuguese Guinea
  
  **Regions**
  
  * Guinea (region), a region in West Africa
     * Guinea Highlands, a forested mountain plateau in the Guinea region
     * Guinean forest-savanna mosaic, an ecoregion of West Africa
     * Upper Guinean forests, a tropical moist forest region of West Africa
     * Middle Guinea, a region in the central part of the Republic of Guinea
     * Lower Guinean forests, a coastal forest region in the Guinea region
  * Gulf of Guinea, a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean off West African coast, south of Nigeria and west of Cameroon
     * Upper Guinea historical name for the north coast of the gulf
     * Lower Guinea, a historical name for the east coast of the gulf
  
  **Historical**
  
  * Danish Guinea, another name for Danish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
  * French Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea
  * Portuguese Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea-Bissau
  * Spanish Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Equatorial Guinea
  * Swedish Guinea, another name for Swedish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
  
  ### Oceania
  
  * New Guinea (Papua Island), a large island in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific
     * Papua New Guinea, a nation occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands
        * British Guinea, or British New Guinea, another name for the Territory of Papua, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
        * German New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
     * Western New Guinea, the western half of New Guinea which forms a part of Indonesia
        * West Papua (province), Indonesian province formed in early 2000's
        * Papua (province), Indonesian province formed in early 2000's
        * Dutch New Guinea, also known as Netherlands New Guinea, a former Dutch colony in what is now Indonesian Papua
        * Republic of West Papua, proposed state
        * Irian Jaya, Indonesian province formed in 1969 following the West New Guinea dispute
  * Papua (disambiguation)
  
  ### Places in North America
  
  * Guinea, Nova Scotia a community in Nova Scotia, Canada
  * Guinea, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
  * Guinea, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia
  * Nueva Guinea, a town in Nicaragua
  
  ## Currency
  
  * Guinea (coin), a former British coin and currency unit
  * Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic Genēh Maṣri), genēh is pronounced like the English word guinea
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Cristina Guinea (born 1992), field hockey midfielder
  * Emilio Guinea (1907–1985), Spanish botanist
  
  ## Animals
  
  * Guinea (wasp), a wasp genus in the subfamily Pteromalinae
  * Guinea baboon, Papio papio, a species of baboon
  * Guinea pig, a genus of rodents
  * Guinea snout-burrower, a species of frog
  * Guinea worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa
  * Guineafowl, four genera of chicken-like birds in the family Numididae
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Aikea-Guinea, 1985 single by the Cocteau Twins
  * "Guinea", an English-language offensive term for someone of Italian descent
  * "Guineas", a former term (now considered pejorative) for the Chestnut Ridge people of West Virginia
  * The 1000 Guineas or 2000 Guineas British horse races run at Newmarket
  