Chamorro
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- proper noun
- /ʧəˈmɔroʊ/
- By contrast, women's movement efforts to reintroduce sex education into the public school system under the Chamorro government met with rebuke.
- Chamorro government
- Chamorro administration
- President Chamorro
Examples
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The United States government strongly disagreed with the pace of change in civil-military relations under Chamorro.
Academic text (2003) -
Despite some important accomplishments, the Chamorro administration failed to bring recovery in economic production and employment, resulting in increasing mass impoverishment.
Academic text (1998) -
Such efforts might have uncovered the secret strength of the opposition, and the Chamorro victory would have come as less of a surprise.
Academic text (1992) -
By 1995, President Chamorro was able to remove General Ortega from his command.
Academic text (2003) -
Many also predicted a growing margin of victory between Ortega and Chamorro.
Academic text (1992) -
During the first years of the Chamorro government, the relationship between INIM and the feminist movement was contentious.
Academic text (1999) -
In spite of General Onega's initial inflexibility, the Chamorro administration made great progress in reducing military power and prerogatives during the next six years.
Academic text (2003) -
Soon after the elections, the Sandinista-affiliated public employees' union staged a walkout in protest against Chamorro's suspension of the civil service law.
Academic text (1990) -
When Carter phoned Baker at 4:00 AM on 26 February 1990 with the news that Violeta Chamorro had defeated Ortega.
Academic text (1991) -
A Chamorro family shared their traditional dishes during the festival.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chamorro comes from the people's own name CHamoru, later recorded by Spanish speakers as Chamorro. So, a Chamorro is a person from the original people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.