General Reference
- Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪni/
- Common English country names: Guinea or Guinea-Conakry
- Official English country name: The Republic of Guinea
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Guinean
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Guinea
- ISO country codes: GN, GIN, 324
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GN
- Internet country code top-level domain: .gn
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