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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

guam

/ɡwɑm/

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What does guam mean?

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.
  2. A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines.
  3. GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, a regional organization of the four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.

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The city lies on a corner of land formed by the junction of the river Guam&a with the Pará.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
Lerwick and Kirkwall, like Guam or the Bay of Islands, were but barbarous ports where whalers called to take up and to return experienced seamen.
Robert Louis StevensonRecords of a Family of EngineersProject Gutenberg ebook #280
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Dependent areas: American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island; Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14