Guinea (Guinée, in French) or Guinea-Conakry is a republic in West Africa, independent since 1958.
Guinea may also refer to:
Places Guinea (region), a region in West Africa Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa Equatorial Guinea, a country in western Africa Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania Gulf of Guinea, a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean off the West African coast Guinea, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community Guinea, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community in Caroline County Guinea, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, United States Guinea, Álava, a hamlet in the Basque Country, Spain
People Cristina Guinea (born 1992), Spanish field hockey midfielder Emilio Guinea (1907–1985), Spanish botanist "Guinea", an offensive term for someone of Italian descent "Guineas", a former term (now considered pejorative) for the Chestnut Ridge people of West Virginia
Other uses Guinea (coin), a former British coin and currency unit Guinea (wasp), a wasp genus in the subfamily Pteromalinae
See also Guinea baboon, Papio papio, a species of baboon Guineafowl, four genera of chicken-like birds in the family Numididae Guinea pig, a genus of rodents Guinea snout-burrower, a species of frog Guinea worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa Guinea Creole (disambiguation) Guinea company (disambiguation) Areas in South America with similar spellings: French Guiana, an overseas department of France Guyana, a country The Guianas, a region Guinia (disambiguation) Guyana (disambiguation)