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Guam

UK/ɡwæm/ US/ɡwɑm/ uncommon

noun

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the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898

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From Spanish, from Chamorro Guåhan, meaning "a place that has" or "a place of resources".

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