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Guinea and Conakry in other languages: names, regions and Liberté

Guinea, the Republic of Guinea or République de Guinée, is coded GN, GIN and 324 in ISO 3166-1. The page gives its name in 170 languages, Conakry in 60, the seven regions and the capital with their ISO codes, and the French text of the anthem Liberté.

Official languagesFrench (français)

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 2:3

alpha-2: GN
alpha-3: GIN
numeric: 324

Guinée French · Latin

République de Guinée

English: GuineaRepublic of Guinea
Capital: ConakryConakry

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing: vertical bands of red, yellow and green, proportion 2:3.

01 · Exonyms

Guinea in other languages: list of exonyms

Guinea in 170 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Czech, Corsican, Welsh, Danish, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Galician, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Ladin, Nahuatl, Norwegian, Romansh, Aromanian, Slovak, Northern Sami, Spanish, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish	eng / arg / ast / cat / ces / cos / cym / dan / est / fao / fin / fkv / glg / hun / ina / ind / ita / jav / lat / lld / nah / nor / roh / rup / slk / sme / spa / srd / stq / swa / swe	Guinea	same as written
Haitian Creole, Kinyarwanda, Lingala, Rundi, Turkish, Zazaki	hat / kin / lin / run / tur / zza	Gine	same as written
Breton, Basque, Malagasy, Võro	bre / eus / mlg / vor	Ginea	same as written
Scottish Gaelic, Igbo, Novial, Somali	gla / ibo / nov / som	Gini	same as written
Croatian, Latvian, Latgalian, Slovenian	hrv / lav / ltg / slv	Gvineja	same as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak	crh / gag / kaa	Gvineya / Гвинея	Gvineya
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Guinea	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, Albanian	dsb / hsb / sqi	Guineja	same as written
Maltese, Polish, Silesian	mlt / pol / szl	Gwinea	same as written
West Frisian, Dutch	fry / nld	Guinee	same as written
Afrikaans	afr	Guinee, Guinea	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Qvineya / Гвинеја	Qvineya
Bambara	bam	Lagine	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Gvineja / Гвинеја / غوٖىنەيا	Gvineja
Cornish	cor	Gyni	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Gvineo	same as written
French	fra	Guinée	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Guinê	same as written
Friulian	fur	Vuinee	same as written
Irish	gle	An Ghuine / An Ġuine	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Ghuinea	same as written
Hausa	hau	Gini, Guineya	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Gínea	same as written
Jersey Norman French	jnf	Dginnée	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Gînê	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Gvinėja	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Guineea / Гуйнея	Guineea
Malay	msa	Guinea / ݢينيا	Guinea
Norman French	nrm	Graund-Gùinaée	same as written
Occitan	oci	Guinèa	same as written
Portuguese	por	Guiné	same as written
Quechua	que	Khiniya	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Guineya / गुइनेया	Guineya
Romanian	ron	Guineea	same as written
Sango	sag	Ginë	same as written
Sicilian	scn	Guinìa	same as written
Slovio	slo	Gvinea / Гвинеа	Gvinea
Samogitian	smg	Gvinėjė	same as written
Samoan	smo	Kini	same as written
Tetum	tet	Giné	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Gwineýa / Гвинея	Gwineýa
Uzbek	uzb	Gvineya / Гвинея / گۋىنېيە	Gvineya
Vietnamese	vie	Ghi-nê	same as written
Volapük	vol	Gineyän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Guinêye	same as written
Wolof	wol	Ginne, Gine	same as written
Zulu	zul	iGini	same as written
Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / tyv / udm / xal	Гвинея	Gvineja
Meadow Mari, Mongolian, Ossetian	mhr / mon / oss	Гвиней	Gvinej
Rusyn, Ukrainian	rue / ukr	Ґвінея	Gvineja
Abkhaz	abk	Гвинеа	Gvinea
Avar	ava	Гвинея	Gwineja
Bashkir	bak	Гвинея / Gvineya	Gvineya
Belarusian	bel	Гвінея / Hvinieja, Гвінэя / Hvineja	Hvinieja, Hvineja
Chechen	che	Гвиней / Gviney	Gviney
Chuvash	chv	Гвинейӑ	Gvinejă
Kazakh	kaz	Гвинея / گۆينەيا / Gvïneya	Gvïneya
Kabardian	kbd	Гуинеэ	Guineă
Kyrgyz	kir	Гвинея / گۋىنەيا / Gvineya	Gvineya
Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic)	kmr	Гԝине / Gwînê, Гвине / Gvînê	Gwînê, Gvînê
Macedonian	mkd	Гвинеја	Gvineja
Yakut	sah	Гуинея	Guineja
Serbian	srp	Гвинеја / Gvineja	Gvineja
Tatar	tat	Гвинея / Gvineyä / گۋىنېيە	Gvineyä
Tajik	tgk	Гвинея / گوینیه / Gvineja	Gvineja
Arabic	ara	غينيا, جينيا	Ġīniyā, Gīniyā
South Azerbaijani	azb	قوینئیا / Qvineya	Qvineya
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	گینیا / Gînya	Gînya
Persian	fas	گینه / Gine	Gine
Western Punjabi	pnb	گنی	Ginī
Dari	prs	گینی, گینیا	Gīnī, Gīniyā
Pashto	pus	ګيني, ګينيا, ګينېا	Gīnī, Gīniyā, Gīneā
Uyghur	uig	گۋىنېيە / Gwinéye / Гвинея	Gwinéye
Urdu	urd	گنی	Ginī
Dhivehi	div	ގިނީ	Ginī
Hebrew	heb	גינאה, גיניאה	Gīneʾah, Gīnēʾah
Ladino	lad	גיניאה / Ginea	Ginea
Yiddish	yid	גינע	Gine
Kabyle	kab	ⴳⵉⵏⵉ / Gini	Gini
Amharic	amh	ጊኔ, ጊኒ	Gine, Gini
Greek (Demotic)	ell-dhi	Γουινέα	Guyinéa
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell-kat	Γουϊνέα	Goyïnéa
Armenian	hye	Գվինեա	Gvinea
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	გვინეა	Gvinea
Laz	lzz	გინე / Gine	Gine
Hindi	hin	गिनी	Ginī
Bengali	ben	গিনি	Gini
Gujarati	guj	ગિની	Ginī
Oriya	ori	ଗିନୀ	Ginī
Punjabi	pan	ਗਿਨੀ	Ginī
Sinhala	sin	ගිනි	Gini
Kannada	kan	ಗಿನಿ	Gini
Malayalam	mal	ഗിനി, ഗ്വിനിയ	Gini, Gviniya
Tamil	tam	கினி, கினியா	Kiṉi, Kiṉiyā
Telugu	tel	గినియా	Giniyā
Chinese	zho	幾內亞/几内亚	Jīnèiyà
Japanese	jpn	ギニア	Ginia
Korean	kor	기니	Gini
Tibetan	bod	གི་ནེ།	Gi.ne
Burmese	mya	ဂီနီ	Gini
Thai	tha	กินี	Kinī
Lao	lao	ກີເນ	Kīnē
Khmer	khm	ហ្គីណេ, ហ្គីនៀ	Hkīṇe, Hkīnie

Hausa, Afrikaans and Wolof give two forms each. Norman writes Graund-Gùinaée.

02 · NamesU+00E9 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE

Guiné, Guinée, Gvineja: one coast, many spellings

The country takes its name from the Guinea coast, the region along the Gulf of Guinea. The word came into European use through Portuguese Guiné, which in the mid-15th century meant the lands of the Guineus, a general term for the African peoples south of the Senegal River. French Guinea became independent in 1958 and has been the Republic of Guinea since 1984; between 1978 and 1984 it was the People’s Revolutionary Republic of Guinea.

Because three countries share the word, many languages had to decide how to spell it, and the table shows a wide range. French writes Guinée, Portuguese Guiné, Dutch Guinee. Slavic and Baltic languages turn gu into gv: Croatian Gvineja, Lithuanian Gvinėja, Russian Гвинея. Polish and Maltese write Gwinea, Turkish and Kinyarwanda Gine, Igbo and Somali Gini, and Bambara Lagine, with the French article fused to the word.

Conakry grew from two small villages on Tombo Island, Conakry and Boubinet, and became the capital of French Guinea in 1904. Its exonyms only adapt the spelling: Konakry in Czech, Polish and Basque, Conacri in Portuguese, Konakri in Latvian and Turkmen, Konakrio in Esperanto. In English the country is often called Guinea-Conakry to tell it apart from Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.

03 · Conakry

Conakry in other languages

Conakry in 60 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, French	eng / fra	Conakry	same as written
Czech, Basque, Polish, Slovak	ces / eus / pol / slk	Konakry	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Konakry, Conakry	same as written
Azerbaijani, Turkmen	aze / tuk	Konakri / Конакри	Konakri
Lithuanian, Samogitian	lit / smg	Konakris	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Conakry / Конакри / قۉناقرٖى	Conakry
Esperanto	epo	Konakrio	same as written
Irish	gle	Conakry	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Kónakrí	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Konakrî	same as written
Latvian	lav	Konakri	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Conakry / Конакри	Conakry
Malay	msa	Conakry / كوناكري	Conakry
Portuguese	por	Conacri	same as written
Tetum	tet	Konakrí	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Konakri / Конакри / كانەكرى	Konakri
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian	bul / mon / rus	Конакри	Konakri
Bashkir, Serbian	bak / srp	Конакри / Konakri	Konakri
Belarusian	bel	Конакры / Konakry	Konakry
Kazakh	kaz	Конакри / كوناكري / Konakrï	Konakrï
Kyrgyz	kir	Конакри / كوناكرى / Konakri	Konakri
Tatar	tat	Конакри / Konakri / كوناكرى	Konakri
Tajik	tgk	Конакри / کانکری / Konakri	Konakri
Ukrainian	ukr	Конакрі	Konakri
Arabic	ara	كوناكري, كناكري, كونكري	Kūnākrī, Kunākrī, Kūnakrī
South Azerbaijani	azb	کوناکری / Konakri	Konakri
Persian	fas	کوناکری / Konâkri	Konâkri
Pashto	pus	کوناکري	Kōnākrī
Uyghur	uig	كوناكرى / Konakri / Конакри	Konakri
Urdu	urd	کوناکری	Kōnākrī
Hebrew	heb	קונקרי, קונאקרי	Qōnaqrī, Qōnāqrī
Yiddish	yid	קאָנאַקרי	Konakri
Amharic	amh	ኮናክሪ	Konakri
Greek	ell	Κόνακρι, Κόνακρυ, Κονάκρυ	Kónakri, Kónakry, Konákry
Armenian	hye	Կոնակրի	Konakri
Georgian	kat	კონაკრი	Konakri
Hindi	hin	कोनाक्री	Konākrī
Nepali	nep	कोनाक्रि	Konākri
Bengali	ben	কোনাক্রি	Konākri
Punjabi	pan	ਕੋਨਾਕਰੀ	Konākrī
Kannada	kan	ಕೊನಕ್ರಿ	Konakri
Malayalam	mal	കൊണാക്രി	Koṇākri
Tamil	tam	கொனாக்ரி, கோனக்ரீ	Koṉākri, Kōṉakrī
Telugu	tel	కొనాక్రి	Konākri
Chinese	zho	科納克里/科纳克里	Kēnàkèlǐ
Japanese	jpn	コナクリ	Konakuri
Korean	kor	코나크리	Konakeuri
Thai	tha	โกนากรี	Kōnākrī
Khmer	khm	កូណាគ្រី	Kūṇākrī

04 · Regions

The seven regions and the capital of Guinea

Guinea has seven administrative regions, each named after its capital, and the capital Conakry, which forms a unit of its own. ISO 3166-2:GN codes them with one letter and lists 33 prefectures below them.

Guinea, ISO 3166-2:GN: 7 administrative regions, 1 governorate
ISO 3166-2	French	English	Administrative centre	Change
Administrative regions régions administratives7
GN-B	Région de Boké	Boké	BokéBoké
GN-F	Région de Faranah	Faranah	FaranahFaranah
GN-K	Région de Kankan	Kankan	KankanKankan
GN-D	Région de Kindia	Kindia	KindiaKindia
GN-L	Région de Labé	Labé	LabéLabé
GN-M	Région de Mamou	Mamou	MamouMamou
GN-N	Région de Nzérékoré	Nzérékoré	NzérékoréNzérékoré
Governorate gouvernorat1
GN-C	Région de Conakry	Conakry	ConakryConakry	ISO Listed as a governorate, not an administrative region

Codes and categories: ISO 3166-2:GN on the ISO Online Browsing Platform as tabulated by Wikipedia, checked 28 October 2026.

05 · Anthem

Liberté, the national anthem of Guinea

Liberté has been the national anthem of Guinea since independence in 1958. The French words are usually credited to Fodéba Keïta.

06 · Questions

Questions about the names of Guinea

How do you spell Conakry in other languages?

Mostly with a k: Konakry in Czech and Polish, Konakri in Latvian and Turkmen, Конакри in Serbian. Portuguese writes Conacri.

Where does the name Guinea come from?

From Portuguese Guiné, a 15th-century name for the lands south of the Senegal River, later applied to the whole Gulf of Guinea coast.

Why is Guinea called Guinea-Conakry?

To distinguish it from Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea, the other two countries named after the same coast.