Guatemala
gua·te·mala
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a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable
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Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala (originally the name of Iximche, the location of Guatemala's first capital), from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).
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