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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
guinea
 
SYLLABICATION:guin·ea
PRONUNCIATION:  gn
NOUN:1. abbr. g. a. A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling. b. The sum of one pound and one shilling. 2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.
ETYMOLOGY:After the Guinea coast of Africa, the source of the gold from which it was first made.
 
 
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