Guam
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- proper noun
- /ɡwɑm/
- My parents immigrated to California and actually, no, I was born in Guam and then my parents immigrated to California.
- island of Guam
- University of Guam
- living on Guam
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Watch on YouTubeSo he's been into Afghanistan, Africa, Guam, and Spain.
- So he's been into Afghanistan, Africa, Guam, and Spain.
- They will define whether US soil means Guam or Seattle.
- And then we we went to Guam and that's when he proposed.
- Like they could hit Guam and maybe some bases in Japan pretty well.
- And, you know, for Hawaii and and Samoa and we had soldiers from Guam and Saipan.
- But she said we need to stop at the PX in Guam.
- Guys don't go through hell. Hell go through buds to sit or go sit in Guam, bro. Yeah, you know what I mean? Like that was like,
- My parents immigrated to California and actually, no, I was born in Guam and then my parents immigrated to California.
- I've never only place I've been outside the country is Guam and London.
- You have an engine on Guam, start it and drives away.
- If your country's Australia or America or Korea or Guam or Vietnam or Viet Guam, that you should be able to be proud of that.
- So the headlines on next week's Guam Daily News were US sailor, a sales policy of discrimination, big hot stuff, all right.
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And America gained several territories from Spain, including Puerto Rico, Wake, Guam, and the Philippines.
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And geographically at the time, I was in the island of Guam, which is where we're from, me and my family.
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And so if you got a problem on Guam, basically how do you handle that?
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I had the team from Guam get it.
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You could fly to Guam with those.
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It's like all you ever talk about is Guam.
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I thought you said you were moving to Guam.
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The others opted for Hawaii, for Guam, for anywhere but the dark and dangerous West.
Academic text (2011) -
Breast cancer cases were identified through the Guam Cancer Registry, CNMI Department of Public Health, and health clinics on Guam.
Academic text (2016) -
I was on the island of Guam, in his command, in March of 1945.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Guam comes from the native Chamorro name Guåhan, which is often explained as meaning 'we have' or 'our island'. That is a good memory hook: the name shows the island was seen as the people's home, which is why we still call this place Guam today.