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Guinee — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • guinea noun An old British gold coin, later valued at twenty-one shillings, used before decimal currency.

Senses

Guinee is used for these senses in English:

  • guinea (British, 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.

guinea — full definition

  1. noun An old British gold coin, later valued at twenty-one shillings, used before decimal currency.
  2. noun Short for guinea fowl, a spotted African bird kept for its meat and eggs.

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