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The word guinea presumably comes from an African word (perhaps from the Tuareg word "aginaw" which meant "black people"). Colonialism caused the word to spread.


Today there are only 4 countries that contain the name Guinea:


  1. the Republic of Guinea
  2. Equatorial Guinea
  3. Guinea-Bissau
  4. Papua New Guinea
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