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I believe the Portuguese called that whole area Guinea back in the day. I think it’s also where Papua New Guinea in South America gets its name from; through the tragic migrations of the middle passage.

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70 sats \ 2 replies \ @Murch 19h

Papua New Guinea is in Oceania, and the Guyanas in South America are named from an Amerindian term meaning “land of many waters”.

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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @jasonb OP 7h

Thanks for the heads up! I may have to make an Oceania quiz. That has to be the pet of the globe where I can identify the least number of countries.

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Murch 7h

Yeah, all those tiny islands all over are hard to keep track of

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