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

They’re going to ask about whether she had qualms about putting violent criminals back on the streets, and how she could have represented a Guantánamo detainee.

From Washington Post

I was not that general—I was nothing more than a student— but being detained at Guantánamo turned me into a leader of resistance.

From The Daily Beast

They are the reason I set out to write about Guantánamo—to show the world who was really there.

From The Daily Beast

Several judges asked Thursday whether there was still a controversy for the court to resolve because Hela was recently approved for transfer out of Guantánamo — and they asked how the end of the Afghanistan war affected his continued detention.

From Washington Post

The department has warned that a broad holding by the court extending due process rights to Guantánamo detainees could adversely impact military, intelligence and law enforcement operations.

From Washington Post

Perhaps the guards at the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities will finally be allowed to smoke cubans, too.

From The Daily Beast

The proceedings expected this week in Guantanamo Bay had been canceled.

From The Daily Beast

In April of this year, the FBI tried to recruit a member of the Guantanamo defense team as an informant.

From The Daily Beast

Lt. Commander Kevin Bogucki is a Navy JAG officer serving as defense counsel for enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo.

From The Daily Beast

With no sign that Guantanamo will be closed any time soon, this theater of the absurd could have a long run.

From The Daily Beast

Captain McCalla, who was in command of Guantanamo, had sent his compliments and a launch, leading us in to our place of anchorage.

From Project Gutenberg

He has done his work well, and the affair at Guantanamo has caused the sneer to fade from the lip of the American sailor-man.

From Project Gutenberg

When vessels were obliged to coal at Guantanamo, forty miles distant, the next in line covered the cruising interval.

From Project Gutenberg

Near Guantanamo, a cascade drops three hundred feet into a cavern and reappears a short distance away.

From Project Gutenberg

That place is reached by rail from Santiago, a highly picturesque route through the Guantanamo valley.

From Project Gutenberg