Fransk Guinea

Norwegian Bokmål thumb|French Guinea highlighted within French West Africa. thumb|The railway station in Conakry, French Guinea, around 1920. Etymology From nb fransk Fransk French + nb Guinea Guinea, literally “French Guinea”. The name corresponds to French fr Guinée française French Guinea. Parallel formations include nn Fransk Guinea, sv Franska Guinea, da Fransk Guinea, fi Ranskan Guinea and en French Guinea. Pronunciation nb /ˈfransk ¹ɡɪˈneː.a/ [ˈfɾaŋsk ɡɪˈnèː.a] nb eːa 4 nb Fransk Gui ne a Proper noun nb proper noun Fransk Guinea nb historical French Guinea; nb A <<former>> French <<colony>> in <<r/West Africa>>, corresponding approximately to present-day <<c/Guinea>>, with Conakry as its administrative centre. nb Fransk Guinea ble en del av Fransk Vest-Afrika på 1890-tallet. French Guinea became part of French West Africa in the 1890s. nb 24 February 2025 Nils Petter Thuesen and Sten Lundbo Guinea Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Guinea Dette området var en del av Senegal til 1890 og ble deretter egen koloni under navnet Fransk Guinea fra 1893. This area was part of Senegal until 1890 and then became a separate colony under the name French Guinea from 1893. https://web.archive.org/web/20260808091644/https://snl.no/Guinea 8 August 2026 Usage notes French colonial administration established Guinée française as a separate colony in 1891. Store norske leksikon states that the territory was known as Fransk Guinea in Norwegian from 1893. The colony became part of nb Fransk Vest-Afrika French West Africa in 1895. In 1946 it became an overseas territory within the French Union. Following a referendum in 1958, it rejected membership in the French Community and became the independent state nb Guinea Guinea. See also nb Fransk Vest-Afrika French West Africa nb Guinea Guinea References “Guinea” in Store norske leksikon. “Fransk Vest-Afrika” in Store norske leksikon. nb exonyms