guinea

noun3

1. •
   (UK, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.

   • However, since there are 488 pages in all for a bargain price of a guinea one must not be too carping. — 1962
2. •
   Synonym of guinea fowl.

   • The guineas peeped complainingly, the goslings waddled into all the puddles and came back to chill my skin. — 1944
3. •
   (slang, offensive) A person of Italian descent.

   • If I’m to tell the whole truth—and why not? I sure have the time!—I’ll have to start by saying I was born Richard Pinzetti, in New York’s Little Italy. My father was an Old World guinea. — 1982

noun2

1. •
   A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
2. •
   (historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.