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Definition of Spanish Guinea

1. Noun. A country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968.

Definition of Spanish Guinea

1. Proper noun. A former colony of Spain and country in Africa, now called Equatorial Guinea. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Guinea

Literary usage of Spanish Guinea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"This forest growth is due to the fertility of the soil and the great rainfall, Spanish Guinea with the neighbouring Cameroon country possessing one of the ..."

2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Africa, with a total area of close on 82.400 square mild, and г population estimated in 1935 31951,000. Spanish Guinea, consisting oi tnc island; ..."

3. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1908)
"Spanish Guinea.—Spain owns a small area near Corisco Bay, just north of the equator, but the territory is almost valueless for trade, as French expansion ..."

4. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"Spanish Guinea.—Spain owns a small area near Corisco Bay, just north of the equator, but the territory is almost valueless for trade, as French expansion ..."

5. The American Statesmen's Yearbook: From Official Reports of the United by Joseph Walker McSpadden (1912)
"Spanish Guinea The population of Spanish Guinea consists of native negroes, Spaniards, and Portuguese. ... Spanish Guinea includes: (i) A colony on the ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"One arose on the banks of the Rio Muni, first at Kogo, then at Butika, at the present frontier of Spanish Guinea, among the Fans of the north. ..."

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