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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.
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
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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