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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Guamgwɑm(n.)

  1. an island in the W Pacific, the largest of the Mariana Islands: an unincorporated U.S. territory. 156,974; 212 sq. mi. (549 sq. km).

    Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: Cap.: Agaña.; Abbr.: GU 2

Gua•ma′ni•an-ˈmeɪ ni ən(n.; adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Guam, GU(noun)

    the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898

Wiktionary

  1. Guam(ProperNoun)

    Unincorporated territory of the United States; placed in Oceania. Official name: Territory of Guam.

  2. Origin: From the first letters of the member states.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Guam

    An island in Micronesia, east of the Philippines, the largest and southernmost of the Marianas. Its capital is Agana. It was discovered by Magellan in 1521 and occupied by Spain in 1565. They ceded it to the United States in 1898. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States, administered by the Department of the Interior since 1950. The derivation of the name Guam is in dispute. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p471)


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