Definition of Gulf of Guinea

1. Noun. A gulf off the southwest coast of Africa.

Terms within: Bioko, Bight Of Benin
Group relationships: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
Generic synonyms: Gulf

Definition of Gulf of Guinea

1. Proper noun. Part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Africa. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Of Guinea

Gulf Stream
Gulf War
Gulf War illness
Gulf War syndrome
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aegina
Gulf of Akaba
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Antalya
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of California
Gulf of Carpenteria
Gulf of Corinth
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Guinea (current term)
Gulf of Lepanto
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Ob
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Siam
Gulf of Sidra
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Venice
Gulf stream

Literary usage of Gulf of Guinea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Togoland: A German colony in West Africa, occupying the coast of the Gulf of Guinea between the Gold Coast Colony and Dahomey. ..."

2. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1857)
"The Gulf of Guinea, 875.—Summer in the Northern Hemisphere hotter than in the Southern, 883.—A Harbor for Icebergs, 884.—Course of the Isothermal Line ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... which wai more than two-thirds of the distance between the ocean, or Gulf of Guinea, and where the river is termed by the natives ..."

4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1870)
"... where Park fell, down to the Gulf of Guinea, they were unable to explore a great part of that immense ..."

5. Africa by Augustus Henry Keane (1904)
"... fauna—Inhabitants— The bantu races—The Cameroon Bantus—Stations, trade, prospects—The Gulf of Guinea Islands : Fernando Po ; Prince's ; St. Thomas ..."

6. Africa by Keith Johnston, Augustus Henry Keane (1878)
"ISLANDS OF THE Gulf of Guinea. enormous supply of palm-oil is brought down to the ... In the Gulf of Guinea, running from the north-east to w« south-west, ..."

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