guam
/ɡwɑm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.25 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.
name
A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines.
name
GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, a regional organization of the four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "We began our six-day visit to China in Beijing on a cloudy, overcast morning following another overnight stopover on Guam."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, Guåhan
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡwɑm/
- British English: /ɡwæm/