# Guatemala
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala (originally the name of Iximche, the location of Guatemala's first capital), from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˌɡwɑː.təˈmɑː.lə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala
* A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala.
* A department of Guatemala.

#### Derived terms

* Guatemalan

#### Related terms

* Guatemala City

#### Translations
### See also

* Belize
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Nicaragua
* Panama

### Further reading

* Category:Guatemala on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Guatemala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Guatemala on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
* Guatemala on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

### Anagrams

* malagueta

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡwateˈmala/ [ɡwa.t̪eˈma.la]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: Gua‧te‧ma‧la

### Proper noun

Guatemala f
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

## Breton
### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ɡwə.təˈma.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ɡwa.teˈma.la]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala f
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)
* Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)
* Guatemala (a department of Guatemala)

#### Derived terms

* guatemalenc, guatemalenca

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡvatɛmala]

### Proper noun

Guatemala f (relational adjective guatemalský, demonym Guatemalec)
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Guatemala”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Guatemala”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Guatemala”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* guatemalaner
* guatemalansk

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala n
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish Guatemala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡuɑtemɑ(ː)lɑ/, [ˈɡuɑ̝ˌt̪e̞mɑ̝(ː)lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -emɑlɑ
* Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧ma‧la

### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)
* Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Guatemala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Guatemalani
accusative
nom.
Guatemalani
gen.
Guatemalani
genitive
Guatemalani
partitive
Guatemalaani
inessive
Guatemalassani
elative
Guatemalastani
illative
Guatemalaani
adessive
Guatemalallani
ablative
Guatemalaltani
allative
Guatemalalleni
essive
Guatemalanani
translative
Guatemalakseni
abessive
Guatemalattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Guatemalasi
accusative
nom.
Guatemalasi
gen.
Guatemalasi
genitive
Guatemalasi
partitive
Guatemalaasi
inessive
Guatemalassasi
elative
Guatemalastasi
illative
Guatemalaasi
adessive
Guatemalallasi
ablative
Guatemalaltasi
allative
Guatemalallesi
essive
Guatemalanasi
translative
Guatemalaksesi
abessive
Guatemalattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Guatemalamme
accusative
nom.
Guatemalamme
gen.
Guatemalamme
genitive
Guatemalamme
partitive
Guatemalaamme
inessive
Guatemalassamme
elative
Guatemalastamme
illative
Guatemalaamme
adessive
Guatemalallamme
ablative
Guatemalaltamme
allative
Guatemalallemme
essive
Guatemalanamme
translative
Guatemalaksemme
abessive
Guatemalattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Guatemalanne
accusative
nom.
Guatemalanne
gen.
Guatemalanne
genitive
Guatemalanne
partitive
Guatemalaanne
inessive
Guatemalassanne
elative
Guatemalastanne
illative
Guatemalaanne
adessive
Guatemalallanne
ablative
Guatemalaltanne
allative
Guatemalallenne
essive
Guatemalananne
translative
Guatemalaksenne
abessive
Guatemalattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Guatemalansa
accusative
nom.
Guatemalansa
gen.
Guatemalansa
genitive
Guatemalansa
partitive
Guatemalaansa
inessive
Guatemalassaan Guatemalassansa
elative
Guatemalastaan Guatemalastansa
illative
Guatemalaansa
adessive
Guatemalallaan Guatemalallansa
ablative
Guatemalaltaan Guatemalaltansa
allative
Guatemalalleen Guatemalallensa
essive
Guatemalanaan Guatemalanansa
translative
Guatemalakseen Guatemalaksensa
abessive
Guatemalattaan Guatemalattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* guatemalalainen

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡwa.te.ma.la/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala m
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala n (proper noun, genitive Guatemalas or (optionally with an article) Guatemala)
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* Guatemalteke
* guatemaltekisch

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡvɒtɛmɒlɒ]
* Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧ma‧la
* Rhymes: -lɒ

### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America; official name: Guatemalai Köztársaság)

#### Derived terms

* guatemalai
* Guatemalaváros

## Interlingua
### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡwa.teˈma.la/
* Rhymes: -ala
* Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧mà‧la

### Proper noun

Guatemala m
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* guatemalteco

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Guatimala, Guatimalia

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala, from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ɡʷaː.teːˈmaː.la/, [ɡʷäːt̪eːˈmäːɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ɡwa.teˈma.la/, [ɡwät̪eˈmäːlä]
or
* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ɡʷaːˈteː.ma.la/, [ɡʷäːˈt̪eːmäɫ̪ä]
Note: the former corresponds more closely to Spanish, the latter is the scansion in Rafael Landívar's Rusticatio Mexicana.

### Proper noun

Guātēmā̆la f sg (genitive Guātēmā̆lae); first declension
* (New Latin) Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

### References

* ↑ Landívar, Rafael. Rusticatio Mexicana. Urbi Guatimalae, 1. Bologna, 1782

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* guatemalaner
* guatemalansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* guatemalan, guatemalanar
* guatemalansk

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala, from Nahuatl cuauhtēmallān (“place of many trees”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡwa.teˈma.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡwa.teˈma.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡwa.teˈma.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡwɐ.tɨˈma.lɐ/
* Rhymes: -alɐ
* Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧ma‧la

### Proper noun

Guatemala f
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* Cidade de Guatemala
* guatemalense

#### Related terms

* guatemalteco

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡwa.teˈma.la/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala f
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* guatemalez, guatemaleză

### Further reading

* Guatemala in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡwateˈmala/ [ɡwa.t̪eˈma.la]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: Gua‧te‧ma‧la

### Proper noun

Guatemala f
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)
* Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)
    Synonyms: (clipping) Guate, Ciudad de Guatemala
* Guatemala (a department of Guatemala)

#### Derived terms

* de Guatemala a Guatepeor
* guatemalense
* salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeor

#### Related terms

* guatemalteco

### See also

* chapín

### Anagrams

* malagueta

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɵatɛ²mɑːla/, /ɡʉːatɛ²mɑːla/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala n (genitive Guatemalas)
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* guatemalan
* guatemalansk
* guatemalanska

### References

* Guatemala in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)

#### Declension
### See also

* Belize
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Kosta Rika
* Nikaragua
* Panama

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Guatemala
* Guatemala (a country in Central America)