Definition of Guinea-bissau

1. Noun. A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974.


Definition of Guinea-bissau

1. Proper noun. Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau. ¹

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Medical Definition of Guinea-bissau

1. A republic in western africa, south of senegal and west of guinea. Its capital is bissau. It was discovered by the portuguese in 1446. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was active in slave trading. Its boundaries were established by convention with france in 1886 and 1902-05 and in 1974 it gained its independence. As a portuguese overseas province, the country was called portuguese guinea; it was named guinea-bissau in 1974. The name guinea is from the tuareg word aginaw, meaning black people. Bissau is from the native name of the people there, the bijuga, whose meaning is uncertain. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guinea-bissau

guilty as sin
guilty conscience
guilty pleasure
guilty pleasures
guiltylike
guiltyness
guimbard
guimbards
guimp
guimpe
guimped
guimpes
guimping
guimps
guinea
guinea-bissau (current term)
guinea-fowl
guinea-hen flower
guinea-pig
guinea-worm
guinea corn yaws
guinea flower
guinea fowl
guinea fowls
guinea gold
guinea gold vine
guinea green B
guinea hen
guinea hen weed
guinea keet

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