Guinea

gin'e, a region of West Africa bordering on the Gulf of Guinea. It extends along the coast for 3,500 miles. It is divided into a number of regions, as the Ivory Coast, the Slave Coast, and the Gold Coast. It is now held by several European nations. The Niger is the chief river. The heat is intense. Rainfall is abundant. Vegetation is rank. Wild animals attain their full size and number. A large number of the slaves of the United States were stolen from this region. See Niger