Guam

GUAM guam Gu-am English thumb|240px|Flag of Guam thumb|right|Guam in the Pacific, alongside the rest of the United States of America Etymology From en es -, from en ch Guåhan, meaning "a place that has" or "a place of resources". Pronunciation en /ɡwɑm/ US en en-us-Guam.ogg US gwäm en /ɡwæm/ /ɡwɑːm/ /ɡwɒm/ UK en æm ɑːm ɒm 1 Proper noun en Q16635en unincorporated territory c/United States located in the ocean/Pacific Ocean Territory of Guam. en w:William Dampier X A New Voyage Round the World.Describing Particularly, the Isthmus of America, Several Coasts and Islands in the West Indies, the Isles of Cape Verd, the Passage by Terra del Fuego, the South Sea Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico; the Isle of Guam One of the Ladrones, Mindanao, and other Philippine and East India Islands, near Cambodia, China, Formosa, Luconia, Celebes, &c. New Holland, Sumatra, Nicobar Isles; the Cape of Good Hope, and Santa Hellena. Their Soil, Rivers, Harbours, Plants, Fruits, Animals, and Inhabitants. Their Customs, Religion, Government, Trade, &c. 4th corrected London Printed for James Knapton,at the Crown in St Pauls Church-yard. 1699 I 290 https://archive.org/details/newvoyageroundwo01damp/page/290/ 1049891899 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. en 1834 November 4, 1756 w:Benjamin Franklin Observations in answer to the foregoing. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin https://archive.org/details/membenfrank02frankrich/ II Philadelphia McCarty & Davis 22645948 344 https://archive.org/details/membenfrank02frankrich/page/344/ 1 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. en 1922 w:Bertrand Russell The Problem of China https://archive.org/details/problemofchina00russ/ London w:George Allen & Unwin 470194205 7131502M 150 https://archive.org/details/problemofchina00russ/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. en 1990 w:Ronald Reagan Staying the Course w:An American Life https://archive.org/details/americanlife00reag_0/ w:Pocket Books 0-7434-0025-9 91-28704 495476481 369 https://archive.org/details/americanlife00reag_0/page/369/ We began our six-day visit to China in Beijing on a cloudy, overcast morning following another overnight stopover on Guam. en 12 May 2022 Minnie Chan Satellite images ‘suggest China is practising missile strikes on targets in Taiwan and Guam’ https://web.archive.org/web/20220512150643/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3177538/satellite-images-suggest-china-practising-missile-strikes 12 May 2022 w:South China Morning Post 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. en en barangay mun/San Guillermo p/Isabela c/Philippines. Derived terms en Guam kingfisher Guamanian Descendants uli Guwaam 1 Translations Territory of Guam Arabic: ar غْوَام m Asturian: ast Guam Breton: br Guam Bulgarian: bg Гуам Chamorro: ch Guåhan Chinese: Cantonese: yue 關島 gwaan1 dou2 Mandarin: cmn 關島 Guāndǎo Czech: cs Guam Danish: da Guam Dutch: nl Guam Esperanto: eo Gvamo Estonian: et Guam Finnish: fi Guam French: fr Guam Frisian: West Frisian: fy Gûam n Georgian: ka გუამი German: de Guam Greek: el Γκουάμ n Hebrew: he גואם Hindi: hi गुआम Hungarian: hu Guam Interlingua: ia Guam Italian: it Guam Japanese: ja グアム Guamu Kazakh: kk Гуам Khmer: km ហ្គាំ, km កោះហ្គាំ Korean: ko ^괌 Lao: lo ກວມ Latin: la Guama f Lithuanian: lt Guãmas m Macedonian: mk Гуам m Maltese: mt Gwam Māori: mi Kuamu Norman: nrf Guam Polish: pl Guam Portuguese: pt Guam m, pt Guame m Romanian: ro Guam n Russian: ru Гуа́м m Serbo-Croatian: sh Gvam m Spanish: es Guam Swedish: sv Guam Tagalog: tl Guwam Tamil: ta குவாம் Thai: th กวม Ukrainian: uk Гуа́м, uk Ґуа́м Ulithian: uli Guwaam Uyghur: ug گۇئام Uzbek: uz Guam Vietnamese: vi Guam, vi đảo Guam See also en Hagåtña Appendix:Countries and territories of the world Anagrams en agmu Guma MUGA Umag gaum muga Hungarian hu: Pronunciation hu Gu am hu ɒm Proper noun hu proper noun hu island/and/overseas territory c/United States in r/Micronesia Guam Declension Guamo o sgGuam j jai sg Derived terms hu guami Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Guam<ety:uder<ch:Guåhan>> 2 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Guam.wav Proper noun m-in pl island/and/overseas territory c/United States in r/Micronesia Guam Declension s Derived terms pl adjective guamski pl nouns Guamczyk Guamka Further reading pl exonyms Portuguese pt: Alternative forms pt Guame Pronunciation Guã,Guame Proper noun m pt island/and/overseas territory c/United States in r/Micronesia Guam Spanish es: Alternative forms es Guaján obsolete Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-Guam.wav> Proper noun es island/and/overseas territory c/United States in r/Micronesia Guam Derived terms es guameño