Guam

[ gwahm ]

noun

1. an island, belonging to the United States, in the northern Pacific, east of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). : Agaña. : GU (for use with zip code).

Guam

/ ɡwɑːm /

noun

1. an island in the N Pacific, the largest and southernmost of the Marianas: belonged to Spain from the 17th century until 1898, when it was ceded to the US; site of naval and air force bases. Capital: Agana (now officially spelt Hagåtña). Pop: 160 378 (2013 est). Area: 541 sq km (209 sq miles)

Guam

1. A self-governing island territory of the United States, located in the western Pacific Ocean . With important naval and air bases, Guam is an American military bastion in the Pacific.

Other Words From

• Gua·ma·ni·an [gwah-, mey, -nee-, uh, n], noun adjective

Example Sentences

The snakes are invasive, meaning they are not native to Guam.

From Science News For Students

Collins, and colleagues were investigating ways to keep these tree-climbing snakes away from Guam’s Micronesian starlings — one of only two native forest birds left on the island.

From Science News

He has worked at newspapers in Florida, California, Hawaii and Guam, where he’s from.

From ProPublica

Today’s action, which joined a separate lawsuit from 47 US states as well as Guam and the District of Columbia, has big repercussions for Facebook and could force it to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp.

From MIT Technology Review

Guam diagnosed its first covid cases in March, but a few weeks later, it gained international attention—and a much bigger case load—when a covid-stricken US Navy ship was ordered to dock at the Naval base on the island.

From MIT Technology Review

U.S. officials insisted the flights from a base in Guam were part of a long-planned training exercise.

From The Daily Beast

Spain blows up the USS Maine (or at least we claim it does), we end up taking over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

From The Daily Beast

The fighting on Guam was all but done when he arrived, and he was able to play baseball between patrols.

From The Daily Beast

It was Richard Nixon who announced what has come to be known as the Nixon doctrine in Guam in 1969.

From The Daily Beast

Besides Guam and the Northern Marianas, they are Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

From The Daily Beast

During the war he was captured by the Americans, to whom he refused to take the oath of allegiance and was deported to Guam.

From Project Gutenberg

While coffee is one of the shade trees used by householders in Guam, none of the fruit is exported.

From Project Gutenberg

It was very strange that in all the voyage to Guam, in the Ladrones, we did not see one fish, not so much as a flying fish.

From Project Gutenberg

The taking of Guam during the war with Spain was one of the comedies of that disagreement.

From Project Gutenberg

This time he was exiled to the island of Guam, where he remained until his return to Manila on February 26, 1903.

From Project Gutenberg