Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
guinea
noun · first attested 1663
The coin is named for the Guinea coast.
A former British gold coin, originally made from West African gold.
Record
- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1663
- Part of speech
- noun
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Guinea coast
- In English
guinea
The guinea was struck from gold associated with the Guinea coast of West Africa. English named the coin for that stretch of Atlantic Africa, a broad historical region rather than one modern state.