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Guatemala

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˌɡwɑː.təˈmɑː.lə//

A country in northern Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. Capital and largest city: Guatemala City.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A country in northern Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. Capital and largest city: Guatemala City.

    Foreign nationals who arrive in Guatemala through deportation flights will be repatriated to their home countries, Arévalo said, adding that the US and Guatemala would continue to have talks on how the process would work and how the US would cooperate.

  2. 2

    A department of Guatemala.

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”).

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