is it a name for an italian
2006-12-27 10:09:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's an italian mobster
2006-12-27 10:12:56 · answer #1 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word Ginnie doesn't exist in Italian.....it has no meaning, I'm Italian!!!!
2006-12-28 12:09:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I grew up in New York City. Fabled home of the Mafia, still. Also used by Italians. I have absolutely no idea. I thought it was spelled ' guinea.' Unless Mario Puzo also got it wrong. Except I fail to see the connection between that and a domesticated pet resembling a Gerbil and a unit of English currency. Let me know when you find out. Etymology thrills me.
2006-12-27 18:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's "Guinea" and it's an old derogatory term that attempts to associate Italians with Africans. Interestingly enough, Spain has picked up on the word to mean any foreigner who isn't liked. Stupidity travels very fast.
2006-12-27 18:26:03 · answer #4 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ginnie has no meaning at all in italian language
the only female name that sounds similar is GINA (geena)
2006-12-28 02:15:11 · answer #5 · answered by ₪djanma₪ [a man in the maze] 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you mean the Gini coeficient, which is used to calculate the poverty rate?
And I am afraid that the Spanish word to mean foreigner is "guiri", not ginnie.
2006-12-27 20:44:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u might be surprised but gennie is an arabic word English borrowed which means something like a ghost and "Gen" means ghosts in plural in arabic too.
2006-12-27 20:15:37 · answer #7 · answered by nameer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hhmmmmmmm...
2006-12-27 18:12:09 · answer #8 · answered by wind cries mary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋