英语词汇guinea的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Guinea. The area on the African west coast and the countries there called Guinea may take their name from a misunder- standing. One story claims that the first Portuguese seafarers to land in the area asked local tribesmen the name of the coast. The residents thought they were pointing at a group of women nearby and answered guiné, their word for women, which be- came the name of the area. In any case, the name of the country first appears in Portuguese as Guine. See also dago; indri; kangaroo; llama; luzon; nome; pago pago; sierra leone; wop; yucatan.

词汇	guinea
词源	Guinea. The area on the African west coast and the countries there called Guinea may take their name from a misunder- standing. One story claims that the first Portuguese seafarers to land in the area asked local tribesmen the name of the coast. The residents thought they were pointing at a group of women nearby and answered guiné, their word for women, which be- came the name of the area. In any case, the name of the country first appears in Portuguese as Guine. See also dago; indri; kangaroo; llama; luzon; nome; pago pago; sierra leone; wop; yucatan.
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