Definition of Guatemala

1. Noun. A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable.

Exact synonyms: Republic Of Guatemala
Group relationships: Oas, Organization Of American States
Generic synonyms: Central American Country, Central American Nation
Group relationships: Central America
Terms within: Capital Of Guatemala, Guatemala City, Fuego
Member holonyms: Guatemalan
Derivative terms: Guatemalan

Definition of Guatemala

1. Proper noun. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guatemala

Guantanamo Bay
Guanyin
Guarani
Guaraní
Guardian
Guardianista
Guardianistas
Guards
Guarneri
Guarnerius
Guarnieri
Guarnieri's gelatin agar
Guarnieri bodies
Guarnieri body
Guaroa virus
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Guatemalan
Guatemalan Sign Language
Guatemalan monetary unit
Guatemalans
Guattarian
Guayaquil
Gubler's line
Gubler's paralysis
Gubler's syndrome
Gubler's tumour
Gudden's commissures

Literary usage of Guatemala

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Honduras now joined with Salvador, and Nicaragua and Costa Rica with guatemala. The contest was finally settled in favour oí Carrera, who besieged and ..."

2. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1902)
"In eastern Chiapas and northern guatemala. CHONTAL (of Tabasco). ... In western guatemala. MAYA.—In Yucatan, Campeche, and northern guatemala. ..."

3. Guide to the Materials in London Archives for the History of the United by Charles Oscar Paullin, Frederic Logan Paxson (1914)
"guatemala. This series is a continuation of that for Central America. The volumes are labelled Central America until 1849, but in the finding-list they are ..."

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