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Guinea-Bissauan

Guinea-Bissauan adjective: of or from Guinea-Bissau.

Adjective

Guinea-Bissauan

  1. Of or from Guinea-Bissau.
    • Copious amounts of palm oil, tomatoes, chili, fish, and goat’s meat are considered traditional staples in Guinea-Bissauan cooking.2009, Jamie Stokes, editor, Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East, Facts On File, Inc., Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 270
    • These events and the silences and taboos surrounding them helped create the conditions for the longevity of the ‘linha de Cabral’ or ‘Cabral’s programme’ as a key reference of the erstwhile liberation movement and Guinea-Bissauan politics in general until the late 1990s.2012, Philip J. Havik, “Virtual Nations and Failed States: Making Sense of the Labyrinth”, in Eric Morier-Genoud, editor, Sure Road? Nationalisms in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, Leiden...
    Synonyms:
    Bissau-Guinean

Noun

Guinea-Bissauan (plural Guinea-Bissauans)

  1. A person from Guinea-Bissau or of Guinea-Bissaun descent.
    • A noticeable proportion of Guinea-Bissauans are mixed race Crioulo-speakers; mostly Cape Verdean, but also descendants of the small number of settlers and traders who came direct from Portugal.1990, Jim Hudgens, Richard Trillo, West Africa: The Rough Guide, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 531
    • Hoyt said, ‘When you look at me, I don’t want you to see a Guinea-Bissauan. My passport is a detail. It helped me through a personal crisis. Do me the courtesy of seeing me as I really am, a colleague and a fellow human being.’1996, Paul Theroux, “The Lawyer’s Story”, in News: Scoops, Lies, and Videotape . . . Inside the Media Business […], Granta, →ISBN, page 237

Synonyms of Guinea-Bissauan

Forms of Guinea-Bissauan

pluralGuinea-Bissauans

Origin of Guinea-Bissauan

From Guinea-Bissau + -an.

Questions about Guinea-Bissauan

What does Guinea-Bissauan mean?
Guinea-Bissauan means of or from Guinea-Bissau.
What part of speech is Guinea-Bissauan?
Guinea-Bissauan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Guinea-Bissauan in the dictionary

  1. guinea worm
  2. Guinea worm disease
  3. guinea worms
  4. Guinea-Bissau
  5. Guinea-Bissau Creole
  6. Guinea-Bissauan
  7. Guinea-Bissauans
  8. Guinea-Conakry
  9. guinea-fowl
  10. guinea-fowls
  11. guinea-pig

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