# Guam
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish, from Chamorro Guåhan, meaning "a place that has" or "a place of resources".

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ɡwɑm/
** Audio (US):(file)
* enPR: gwäm
* (UK) IPA: /ɡwæm/, /ɡwɑːm/, /ɡwɒm/
* Rhymes: -æm, -ɑːm, -ɒm

### Proper noun

Guam
* 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. […], 4th corrected edition, volume I, London: Printed for James Knapton, […], →OCLC, 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, Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China‎, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, 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, Ronald Reagan, “Staying the Course”, in An American Life‎, Pocket Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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, 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: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.
* A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: Anonang, Aringay, Burgos, Calaoagan, Centro 1, Centro 2, Colorado, Dietban, Dingading, Dipacamo, Estrella, Guam, Nakar, Palawan, Progreso, Rizal, San Francisco Norte, San Francisco Sur, San Mariano Norte, San Mariano Sur, San Rafael, Sinalugan, Villa Remedios, Villa Rose, Villa Sanchez, Villa Teresita — barangays of San Guillermo

#### Derived terms

* Guamanian

#### Translations
### See also

* Hagåtña
* Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
Divisions of the United 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

* Guma, MUGA, Umag, gaum, muga

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡuɒm]
* Hyphenation: Gu‧am
* Rhymes: -ɒm

### Proper noun

Guam
* Guam (an island and overseas territory of the United States in Micronesia)

#### Derived terms

* guami

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Guam, from Chamorro Guåhan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)

#### Derived terms

* guamski
* Guamczyk
* Guamka

### Further reading

* Guam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Guame

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Guam m
* Guam (an island and overseas territory of the United States in Micronesia)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Guaján (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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