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See also:GUAMandguam

English

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Guam in the Pacific, alongside the rest of the United States of America

Etymology

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FromSpanish, fromChamorroGuåhan, meaning "a place that has" or "a place of resources".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Guam

  2. Anunincorporated territory of theUnited States, located in thePacific Ocean. Official name:Territory of Guam.
    • 1699,William Dampier, chapter X, inA New Voyage Round the World. […], 4th corrected edition, volume I, London: Printed for James Knapton, […],→OCLC,page290:
      But to proceed with our Voyage : The IſlandGuam orGuahon , (as the NativeIndians pronounce it) is one of theLadrone Iſlands, belongs to theSpaniards , who have a ſmall Fort with ſix Guns in it, with a Governour, and 20 or 30 Soldiers.
    • 1922,Bertrand Russell,The Problem of China‎[1],London:George Allen & Unwin,→OCLC,→OL,page150:
      It had been the intention of the Navy Department to fortifyGuam with a view to turning it into a first-class naval base. The fact that America has been willing to forgo this intention must be taken as evidence of a genuine desire to preserve the peace with Japan.
    • 1990,Ronald Reagan, “Staying the Course”, inAn American Life‎[2],Pocket Books,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page369:
      We began our six-day visit to China in Beijing on a cloudy, overcast morning following another overnight stopover onGuam.
    • 2022 May 12, Minnie Chan, “Satellite images ‘suggest China is practising missile strikes on targets in Taiwan and Guam’”, inSouth China Morning Post‎[3], archived fromthe original on12 May 2022:
      The Chinese military has refined its anti-ship missile training from striking large, carrier-sized targets to smaller ships and naval bases, according to recent satellite images.
      They show a training base in Xinjiang’s remote Taklamakan desert with the layout of mock-up ship moored in a naval base that resembles one in northeast Taiwan and other targets inGuam, according to a Taipei-based naval analyst.
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:Guam.
  3. Abarangay ofSan Guillermo,Isabela,Philippines.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Territory of Guam

See also

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Divisions of theUnited States of America in English(layout ·text)
States:Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal district:Washington, D.C.
Territories:American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Anagrams

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Hungarian

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HungarianWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuɒm]
  • Hyphenation:Gu‧am
  • Rhymes:-ɒm

Proper noun

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Guam

  1. Guam (anisland andoverseas territory of theUnited States inMicronesia)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in-o-, back harmony)
singularplural
nominativeGuam—
accusativeGuamot—
dativeGuamnak—
instrumentalGuammal—
causal-finalGuamért—
translativeGuammá—
terminativeGuamig—
essive-formalGuamként—
essive-modal——
inessiveGuamban—
superessiveGuamon—
adessiveGuamnál—
illativeGuamba—
sublativeGuamra—
allativeGuamhoz—
elativeGuamból—
delativeGuamról—
ablativeGuamtól—
non-attributive
possessive – singular		Guamé—
non-attributive
possessive – plural		Guaméi—
Possessive forms ofGuam
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.Guamom—
2nd person sing.Guamod—
3rd person sing.Guamja—
1st person pluralGuamunk—
2nd person pluralGuamotok—
3rd person pluralGuamjuk—

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishGuam, fromChamorroGuåhan.

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Proper noun

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Guam m inan

  1. Guam (anisland andoverseas territory of theUnited States inMicronesia)

Declension

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Declension ofGuam
singular
nominativeGuam
genitiveGuamu
dativeGuamowi
accusativeGuam
instrumentalGuamem
locativeGuamie
vocativeGuamie

Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

Further reading

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  • Guam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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PortugueseWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈɡwɐ̃/,/ˈɡwɐ̃.mi/
    • (Southern Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈɡwɐ̃/,/ˈɡwɐ.me/

Proper noun

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Guam m

  1. Guam (anisland andoverseas territory of theUnited States inMicronesia)

Spanish

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SpanishWikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwam/[ˈɡwãm]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes:-am
  • Syllabification:Guam

Proper noun

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Guam ?

  1. Guam (anisland andoverseas territory of theUnited States inMicronesia)

Derived terms

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