"Guam" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɡwɑm/ [US], /ɡwæm/ [UK], /ɡwɑːm/ [UK], /ɡwɒm/ [UK] Audio: en-us-Guam.ogg
enPR: gwäm Rhymes: -æm, -ɑːm, -ɒm Etymology: From Spanish, from Chamorro Guåhan, meaning "a place that has" or "a place of resources". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{der|en|ch|Guåhan}} Chamorro Guåhan Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Guam
  1. An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam. Categories (place): Places in the United States Derived forms: Guamanian Related terms: Hagåtña Related terms (Federal district): Washington, D.C. Related terms (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 Related terms (Territories): American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands Translations (Territory of Guam): غْوَام (ḡwām) [masculine] (Arabic), Guam (Asturian), Guam (Breton), Гуам (english: Guam) (Bulgarian), Guåhan (Chamorro), 關島 /关岛 (gwaan¹ dou²) (Chinese Cantonese), 關島 /关岛 (Guāndǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), Guam (Czech), Guam (Danish), Guam (Dutch), Gvamo (Esperanto), Guam (Estonian), Guam (Finnish), Guam (French), გუამი (guami) (Georgian), Guam (German), Γκουάμ (Gkouám) [neuter] (Greek), גואם (Hebrew), गुआम (guām) (Hindi), Guam (Hungarian), Guam (Interlingua), Guam (Italian), グアム (Guamu) (Japanese), Гуам (english: Guam) (Kazakh), ហ្គាំ (gam) (Khmer), កោះហ្គាំ (kɑhgŏəm) (Khmer), (Gwam) (Korean), ກວມ (kūam) (Lao), Guama [feminine] (Latin), Guãmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Гуам (english: Guam) [masculine] (Macedonian), Gwam (Maltese), Kuamu (Maori), Guam (Norman), Guam (Polish), Guam [masculine] (Portuguese), Guame [masculine] (Portuguese), Guam [neuter] (Romanian), Гуа́м (Guám) [masculine] (Russian), Gvam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Guam (Spanish), Guam (Swedish), Guwam (Tagalog), กวม (guuam) (Thai), Гуа́м (Huám) (Ukrainian), Ґуа́м (Guám) (Ukrainian), گۇئام (gu'am) (Uyghur), Guam (Uzbek), Guam (Vietnamese), đảo Guam (Vietnamese)
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  2. A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines. Categories (place): Places in Isabela, Philippines, Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Guam-en-name-osDfZkxZ Categories (other): Barangays of Isabela, Philippines
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          "text": "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.\nThey 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.",
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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Guám",
      "sense": "Territory of Guam",
      "word": "Ґуа́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "gu'am",
      "sense": "Territory of Guam",
      "word": "گۇئام"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Territory of Guam",
      "word": "Guam"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Territory of Guam",
      "word": "Guam"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Territory of Guam",
      "word": "đảo Guam"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Guam"
  ],
  "word": "Guam"
}

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