Guinea-Bissau
/ˌgɪnɪbɪˈsaʊ/- a country on the west coast of Africa, between Senegal and Guinea; pop. 1,534, 000 (est. 2009); languages, Portuguese (official), West African languages, Creoles; capital, Bissau.几内亚比绍（非洲西海岸国家, 位于塞内加尔和几内亚之间, 2009年估计人口1,534, 000, 语言包括葡萄牙语［官方语言］、西非各种语言及一些克里奥耳化语言, 首都比绍）。
The area was explored by the Portuguese in the 15th century and was a centre of the slave trade. Formerly called Portuguese Guinea, it became a colony in 1879, and the independent republic of Guinea-Bissau in 1974.