| Guinea 1. (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. 2. (n.) A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. Thesaurus Entries bawbee, coin, crown, dollar, double eagle, doubloon, ducat, eagle, farthing, five-dollar gold piece, fiver, florin, fourpence, fourpenny, gold piece, groat, half crown, half dollar, half eagle, halfpenny, hard money, mag, meg, mite, moidore, monkey, napoleon, new pence, np, p, pence, penny, piece, piece of money, piece of silver, pony, pound, pound sovereign, quid, roll of coins, rouleau, shilling, sixpence, sovereign, specie, ten-dollar gold piece, tenner, threepence, threepenny bit, thrippence, tuppence, twenty-dollar gold piece, twopence |