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Guatemala

[ gwah-tuh-mah-luh; Spanish gwah-te-mah-lah ]

noun

  1. a republic in northern Central America. 42,042 sq. mi (108,889 sq km).
  2. Also called Guatemala City. a city in and the capital of the republic of Guatemala.


Guatemala

/ ˌɡwɑːtəˈmɑːlə /

noun

  1. a republic in Central America: original Maya Indians conquered by the Spanish in 1523; became the centre of Spanish administration in Central America; gained independence and was annexed to Mexico in 1821, becoming an independent republic in 1839. Official language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: quetzal and US dollar. Capital: Guatemala City. Pop: 14 373 472 (2013 est). Area: 108 889 sq km (42 042 sq miles)
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Guatemala

  1. Republic in Central America , bordered by Mexico to the west and north, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the east, Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Guatemala City.


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Notes

It is traditionally unstable politically.
The country is noted for its particularly low average income and literacy rate.
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Other Words From

  • Gua·te·ma·lan adjective noun
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Example Sentences

His mother does not yet know that he is heading to the United States or that he is facing a series of challenges in Guatemala to reach Mexico.

Two days later, he crossed the border into Guatemala, where his 21-year-old sister was living.

He emphasized that Donald had volunteered her time performing surgery in rural Virginia and Guatemala, and made less than $25,000 from her pain practice.

When she was a child, growing up in Guatemala, she couldn’t attend school herself because she had to work as a farmhand.

He was 15 and he had debts to pay, starting with the roughly $3,000 he owed for the “coyote” who guided him across Mexico from Guatemala.

The refugees come from Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, and Puerto Rico.

President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias laid a calming hand on 1980s El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama.

The children are coming from three Central American countries—Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

And if successful, the program would be extended to refugees in Guatemala and El Salvador.

And yet, she is determined that she and her children will never go back to Guatemala.

The color of the flowers like those of Guatemala tobacco, is white, but in other respects nearly similar to other kinds.

Such in a condensed form are the tales that make up the primitive annals of the Quich nations of Guatemala.

The relations of Guatemala with the United States are particularly close and cordial.

Guatemala previously had given its adhesion to the principles of arbitration promulgated under The Hague Convention.

No other country except the above exported to Guatemala goods exceeding $100,000 in value.

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