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Descriptor English:
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Guinea
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Guinea
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Guiné
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Synonyms English:
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French Guinea
Guinea, French
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Tree Number:
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Z01.058.290.190.375
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Definition English:
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A republic in western Africa, south of SENEGAL and MALI, east of GUINEA-BISSAU. Its capital is Conakry. Its coastal region was proclaimed a French protectorate in 1849, was established as a separate colony called French Guinea in 1893, and gained its independence in 1958. This Guinea gave its name to the coin originally made out of gold coming from there. Guinea is from a Tuareg word aginaw, meaning black people. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p474 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p222) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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a republic in western Africa; X ref FRENCH GUINEA was its former name; do not confuse with GUINEA-BISSAU (formerly Portuguese Guinea) or EQUATORIAL GUINEA (formerly Spanish Guinea); do not confuse with GUYANA in So. Amer.
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History Note English:
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92; was REPUBLIC OF GUINEA see AFRICA, WESTERN 1988-91; was see GUINEA-BISSAU 1980-82; was heading 1966-79
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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30062
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Unique Identifier:
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D016701
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