Well attestedNamed from the place
guinea fowl
noun · first attested 16th century
Named for one stretch of African coast, and native to most of a continent.
A ground-dwelling African game bird with a bare head and gray, white-spotted plumage.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 16th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Guinea
- In English
guinea fowl
European traders met the birds through Guinea, their name for the West African coast, and the label followed the bird into farmyards worldwide. The same coastal name rides on the English guinea coin, struck from West African gold, and on the guinea pig, which is South American.
Also pinned to Guinea