Ekvatorial-Guinea

Ekvatorialguinea Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Equatorial Guinea. thumb|Equatorial Guinea in Africa. thumb|Tropical forest and a waterfall near Ureca on Bioko Island. Etymology From nb ekvatorial Guinea equatorial Guinea. The territory was formerly known in Norwegian as nb Spansk Guinea Spanish Guinea and became independent in 1968 under the present name. Compare Spanish es Guinea Ecuatorial Equatorial Guinea, the country's principal official-language name. The first element nb ekvatorial equatorial is a borrowing; compare German de äquatorial, ultimately from Latin la aequator equalizer; equator. It refers to the country's location near the equator, although no part of Ekvatorial-Guinea actually lies on the equator. nb Ultimate origin of the Guinea element uncertain. The nb Guinea element belongs to the wider international Guinea name family, associated with Portuguese pt Guiné. Store norske leksikon derives the name from a Portuguese alteration of Ganuya, the name of a West African kingdom in the 15th century. Parallel formations include nn Ekvatorial-Guinea, da Ækvatorialguinea, sv Ekvatorialguinea, de Äquatorialguinea, nl Equatoriaal-Guinea and en Equatorial Guinea. Pronunciation nb /¹ek.ʋa.tu.ɾiˈɑːl.ɡɪˌneː.a/ [ɛk.ʋa.tʊ.ɾɪˈɑ̀ːl.ɡɪˌneː.a] nb eːa 8 nb Ek va to ri al-Gui ne a Proper noun nb proper noun Ekvatorial-Guinea Equatorial Guinea; nb country r/Central Africa cont/Africa Equatorial Guinea, consisting of the mainland region Río Muni and several islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with Ciudad de la Paz as its capital. nb Bioko og Annobón er en del av Ekvatorial-Guinea. Bioko and Annobón are part of Equatorial Guinea. nb 21 July 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen and Sten Lundbo Ekvatorial-Guinea Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Ekvatorial-Guinea Ekvatorial-Guinea er en republikk i Sentral-Afrika. Equatorial Guinea is a republic in Central Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20260904052858/https://snl.no/Ekvatorial-Guinea 4 September 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Ekvatorial-Guinea (“the Republic of Equatorial Guinea”). Derived terms nb ekvatorialguineaner an Equatorial Guinean nb ekvatorialguineansk Equatorial Guinean See also nb Spansk Guinea Spanish Guinea former colonial name References “Ekvatorial-Guinea” in Store norske leksikon. “Spansk Guinea” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. nb exonyms Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun Ekvatorial-Guinea nn Equatorial Guinea Q983 Related terms nn ekvatorialguinean, nn ekvatorialguineanar nn ekvatorialguineansk