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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Guinea: pointers to the origin of this word
Author:Jeffreys, M.D.W.ISNI
Year:1972
Periodical:Cahiers d'études africaines
Volume:12
Issue:48
Pages:666-669
Language:English
Geographic term:West Africa
Subject:place names
External link:https://doi.org/10.3406/cea.1972.2743
Abstract:Traces the historical origin of the word Guinea. Suggested is that the word Guinea derives from the name Gunowa, written Gunee by the Portuguese, which was the native name of the nearest Negro kingdom with which the Portuguese and the Castilians of Spain first made contact on the Atlantic coasts of Africa. The name was then applied to the African coasts from the Gambia river to the Benguella in Portuguese Angola. References.
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