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To: scrabblehack; All
Wow, so someone from Guinea-Bissau is Guinean.
Someone from Guinea (could you call it Guinea-Conakry?)
is also Guinean.


59 posted on 02/25/2007 1:55:57 AM PST by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: MaxMax

There are two different countries in Africa. One is Guinea-Bissau (its capital is Bissau). The other is called Guinea (its capital is Conakry, but the country itself is usually not called Guinea-Conakry).

Apparently, inhabitants of either country are called Guineans.

But it's amazing that the DNA outfit could establish a unique signature for Guinea-Bissau as opposed to Guinea or Senegal.

When I first looked at your picture, I thought it might have been a guinea pig -- possibly related to this area, possibly not....

Guinea pig
1664, native to South America and is so called either because it was first brought back to Britain aboard Guinea-men, ships that plied the triangle trade between England, Guinea, and South America; or from confusion of Guinea (q.v.) with the South American region of Guyana. (Online Etymology Dictionary).


63 posted on 02/25/2007 5:58:11 AM PST by scrabblehack
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