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Country name Guinea, in 35 editions.
The entry for Guinea published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 13 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 13
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Republic of Guinea
Republic of Guinea
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
Rewritten: too little of the 1992 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form:
Republic of Guinea
conventional short form:
Guinea
local long form:
Republique de Guinee
local short form:
Guinee
former:
French Guinea
The entry for Guinea did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
former:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French Guinea
- conventional long form :
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
conventional long form: form : Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French Guinea
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
conventional long form : form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French Guinea
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea conventional short form: Guinea local long form: Republique de Guinee local short form: Guinee former: French Guinea
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea local long form: Republique de Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
The same text in 5 editions, 2004 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
conventional long form:
Republic of Guinea
conventional short form:
Guinea
local long form:
Republique de Guinee
local short form:
Guinee
former:
French Guinea
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
former:
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
note: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French Guinea
note: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel
The same text in 7 editions, 2017 to 2023.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- Republique de Guinee
- local short form:
- Guinee
- former:
- French Guinea
- etymology:
- the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French Guineanote: etymology: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- République de Guinée
- local short form:
- Guinée
- former:
- French Guinea
- etymology:
- the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea
local long form: Republique République de Guinee Guinée
local short form: Guinee Guinée
former: French Guinea
etymology: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Guinea
- conventional short form:
- Guinea
- local long form:
- République de Guinée
- local short form:
- Guinée
- former:
- French Guinea
- etymology:
- the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea, but the name itself derives from the Tuareg word aginaw , meaning "black people"
conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short form: Guinea
local long form: République de Guinée
local short form: Guinée
former: French Guinea
etymology: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to Guinea, but the Sahel name itself derives from the Tuareg word aginaw , meaning "black people"
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Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. “Guinea: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/guinea/country-name.