Guantánamo

[ gwahn-tah-nuh-moh; Spanish gwahn-tah-nah-maw ]

noun

1. a city in SE Cuba: U.S. naval base.

Guantánamo

/ ɡwanˈtanamo /

noun

1. a city in SE Cuba, on Guantánamo Bay . Pop: 214 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Hegseth has no experience running anything and has no government experience beyond serving as a National Guard officer in Iraq and Afghanistan and a prison guard at Guantanamo prison.

From Salon

“He served our country faithfully in Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq and is a believer in peace through strength and the America First agenda.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Princeton and Harvard graduate served as an infantry platoon leader in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

From BBC

A former prison guard at Guantanamo Bay, Hegseth is best known for two things: Boasting that he does not believe in germs and acts accordingly — “Fox host says he 'hasn't washed hands in 10 years,’” the BBC reported in 2019 — and defending alleged war crimes.

From Salon

He also set up an offshore prison of injustice at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and authorized military commissions instead of federal court trials for terrorism suspects captured abroad.

From Salon