Geographicals

Guinea

A republic in western Africa, south of SENEGAL and MALI, east of GUINEA-BISSAU. Its capital is Conakry.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A republic in western Africa, south of SENEGAL and MALI, east of GUINEA-BISSAU. Its capital is Conakry.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • French Guinea
  • Guinea, French
  • Guinea, Republic of
  • Republic of Guinea

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

entry term FRENCH GUINEA was its former name; do not confuse with GUINEA-BISSAU (formerly Portuguese Guinea) or EQUATORIAL GUINEA (formerly Spanish Guinea); do not confuse with GUYANA in South America

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History Note

92; was REPUBLIC OF GUINEA see AFRICA, WESTERN 1988-91; was see GUINEA-BISSAU 1980-82; was heading 1966-79

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Previous Indexing

  • Africa, Western (1966-1991)

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  1. Z01w.058w.290w.190w.375w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Guinea. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016701. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016701
  2. Guinea. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea
  3. Guinea. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006