guine-bissau

Questions about guine-bissau

What does guine-bissau mean?

guine-bissau means "a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974".

How many syllables are in guine-bissau?

guine-bissau has 5 syllables and divides as gu-i-ne--bis-sau under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for guine-bissau?

Close synonyms include Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is guine-bissau a common word?

guine-bissau is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.