Guam en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ɡwɒm/ (UK)
- /ɡwɑm/ (US)
- gwäm
- /ɡwɑːm/ (UK)
- /ɡwæm/ (UK)
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Etymology
From Spanish, from Chamorro Guåhan, meaning "a place that has" or "a place of resources".
Meanings
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An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.
But to proceed with our Voyage : The Iſland Guam or Guahon, (as the Native Indians pronounce it) is one of the Ladrone Iſlands, belongs to the Spaniards , who have a ſmall Fort with ſix Guns in it, with a Governour, and 20 or 30 Soldiers.
1699, William Dampier, chapter X, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], 4th corrected edition, volume I, London: Printed for James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 290:It had been the intention of the Navy Department to fortify Guam 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.
1922, Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, page 150:We began our six-day visit to China in Beijing on a cloudy, overcast morning following another overnight stopover on Guam.
1990, Ronald Reagan, “Staying the Course”, in An American Life, Pocket Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 369: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 in Guam, according to a Taipei-based naval analyst.
2022 May 12, Minnie Chan, “Satellite images ‘suggest China is practising missile strikes on targets in Taiwan and Guam’”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 12 May 2022:In the very long run from the west side of America to Guam, among the Philippine Islands, ships seldom have occasion to hand their sails, so equal and steady is the gale, and yet they make it in about 60 days, which could not be if the wind blew only in the afternoon.
1834 [1756 November 4], Benjamin Franklin, “Observations in answer to the foregoing.”, in Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, volume II, Philadelphia: McCarty & Davis, →OCLC, page 344, column 1:
- A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines.
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Translations (53)
kk Гуам (Territory of Guam) · da Guam (Territory of Guam) · yue 關島 /关岛 (Territory of Guam) · nl Guam (Territory of Guam) · de Guam (Territory of Guam) · el Γκουάμ (Territory of Guam) · km ហ្គាំ (Territory of Guam) · ug گۇئام (Territory of Guam) · br Guam (Territory of Guam) · uk Гуа́м (Territory of Guam) · et Guam (Territory of Guam) · uz Guam (Territory of Guam) · la Guama (Territory of Guam) · mt Gwam (Territory of Guam) · uli Guwaam (Territory of Guam) · ro Guam (Territory of Guam) · ia Guam (Territory of Guam) · it Guam (Territory of Guam) · fy Gûam (Territory of Guam) · pl Guam (Territory of Guam) · ch Guåhan (Territory of Guam) · es Guam (Territory of Guam) · nrf Guam (Territory of Guam) · vi đảo Guam (Territory of Guam) · mk Гуам (Territory of Guam) · th กวม (Territory of Guam) · sh Gvam (Territory of Guam) · ko 괌 (Territory of Guam) · hi गुआम (Territory of Guam) · pt Guam (Territory of Guam) · lt Guãmas (Territory of Guam) · he גואם (Territory of Guam) · sv Guam (Territory of Guam) · lo ກວມ (Territory of Guam) · cs Guam (Territory of Guam) · vi Guam (Territory of Guam) · bg Гуам (Territory of Guam) · ka გუამი (Territory of Guam) · ta குவாம் (Territory of Guam) · ru Гуа́м (Territory of Guam) · hu Guam (Territory of Guam) · mi Kuamu (Territory of Guam) · tl Guwam (Territory of Guam) · pt Guame (Territory of Guam) · fi Guam (Territory of Guam) · km កោះហ្គាំ (Territory of Guam) · eo Gvamo (Territory of Guam) · uk Ґуа́м (Territory of Guam) · ar غْوَام (Territory of Guam) · fr Guam (Territory of Guam) · ast Guam (Territory of Guam) · ja グアム (Territory of Guam) · cmn 關島 /关岛 (Territory of Guam)