Why do so many countries have 'guinea' in their name?
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The English term Guinea comes directly from the Portuguese word Guiné, which emerged in the mid-15th century to refer to the lands...
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...inhabited by the Guineus, a generic term for the black African peoples south of the Senegal River." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_(r
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how about New Guinea? Which is on a completely different continent?
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also Papua New Guinea. And maybe Guyana is a different spelling?
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New Guinea was discovered later & named after Guinea like New Jersey/Jersey in GB
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sources say Guiana is from a local language meaning "land of many waters"
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