Izabal

[ ee-sah-vahl; English ee-zuh-bahl, -suh- ]

noun

1. Lake, a lake in E Guatemala: the largest in the country. About 450 sq. mi. (1,165 sq. km).

Example Sentences

“It is a rigged situation and generates distrust with something so special. The purity of the vote is immediately lost,” said Aroldo Ramírez, a native of Izabal and advisor to the organization Misión Guatemala USA, which provides aid through social projects and defends immigrant rights.

From Los Angeles Times

The cloudy ownership status of lands near Lake Izabal has been the source of disputes in the area for decades.

From Seattle Times

“We are in the hands of God. If I have to climb up trees, I’ll do it,” said Jaime Caal Cuz, 53, a farmer in Guatemala’s southeastern province of Izabal.

From Reuters

“The fact that you were organizing the population put you inside that insurgent box,” said the Izabal native who left for Mexico in 1980, before arriving in Los Angeles in 1990.

From Los Angeles Times

The state of emergency will be applied in various townships in the provinces of Izabal, Zacapa, El Progreso, Peten and Alta Verapaz.

From Seattle Times