Guam
See also: GUAM and guam
English
Guam in the Pacific, alongside the rest of the United States of America
Etymology
From Spanish, from Chamorro Guåhan, meaning "a place that has" or "a place of resources".
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡwɑm/
Audio (US) (file)
- enPR: gwäm
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡwæm/, /ɡwɑːm/, /ɡwɒm/
- Rhymes: -æm, -ɑːm, -ɒm
Proper noun
Guam
- An overseas territory (technically an unincorporated territory) of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.
- 1699, William Dampier, chapter X, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], volume I, 4th corrected edition, Printed for James Knapton, […], OCLC 1049891899, page 290:
- 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.
- 1922, Russell, Bertrand, The Problem of China, London: George Allen & Unwin, OCLC 470194205, OL 7131502M, page 150:
- 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.
- 1990, Reagan, Ronald, “Staying the Course”, in An American Life, Pocket Books, →ISBN, LCCN 91-28704, OCLC 495476481, page 369:
- We began our six-day visit to China in Beijing on a cloudy, overcast morning following another overnight stopover on Guam.
- 2022 May 12, Chan, Minnie, “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:
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Guam.
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Derived terms
- Guamanian
Translations
Territory of Guam
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See also
- Hagåtña
- Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
| 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
- Guma, MUGA, Umag, gaum, muga
- An island and overseas territory (technically an unincorporated territory) of the United States, located in Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡuɒm]
- Hyphenation: Gu‧am
- Rhymes: -ɒm
Proper noun
Guam
- Guam (an island and overseas territory of the United States in Micronesia)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Guam | — |
| accusative | Guamot | — |
| dative | Guamnak | — |
| instrumental | Guammal | — |
| causal-final | Guamért | — |
| translative | Guammá | — |
| terminative | Guamig | — |
| essive-formal | Guamként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Guamban | — |
| superessive | Guamon | — |
| adessive | Guamnál | — |
| illative | Guamba | — |
| sublative | Guamra | — |
| allative | Guamhoz | — |
| elative | Guamból | — |
| delative | Guamról | — |
| ablative | Guamtól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | Guamé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | Guaméi | — |
| Possessive forms of Guam | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Guamom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Guamod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Guamja | — |
| 1st person plural | Guamunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Guamotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Guamjuk | — |
Derived terms
- guami
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Guam, from Chamorro Guåhan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡu.am/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uam
- Syllabification: Gu‧am
Proper noun
Guam m inan
- Guam (an island and overseas territory of the United States in Micronesia)
Declension
Declension of Guam
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Guam |
| genitive | Guamu |
| dative | Guamowi |
| accusative | Guam |
| instrumental | Guamem |
| locative | Guamie |
| vocative | Guamie |
Derived terms
adjective
- guamski
nouns
- Guamczyk
- Guamka
Further reading
- Guam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Guam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Guame
Proper noun
Guam m
- Guam (an island and overseas territory of the United States in Micronesia)
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Guaján (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡwam/ [ˈɡwãm]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: Guam
Proper noun
Guam ?
- Guam (an island and overseas territory of the United States in Micronesia)
Derived terms
- guameño