GUATEMALA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Guatemala mean? 

• GUATEMALA (noun)
  The noun GUATEMALA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GUATEMALA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUATEMALA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Guatemala; Republic of Guatemala

Instance hypernyms:

Central American country; Central American nation (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments)

Meronyms (parts of "Guatemala"):

capital of Guatemala; Guatemala City (the capital and largest city of Guatemala)

Fuego (a volcano in south central Guatemala. In Spanish, Fuego means Fire or Flame)

Meronyms (members of "Guatemala"):

Guatemalan (a native or inhabitant of Guatemala)

Holonyms ("Guatemala" is a part of...):

Central America (the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia)

Holonyms ("Guatemala" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

Derivation:

Guatemalan (of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents)

 Context examples 

The new information suggests that millions more people lived in what is now Guatemala's Petan region than previously thought.

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)

A country in Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras.

(El Salvador, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US.

(Mexico, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua.

(Honduras, NCI Thesaurus)

Continental North America south of Mexico that is usually considered to comprise the present day countries of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

(Mesoamerica, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

Denotes a person from the area inbetween north and south America including persons from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Panama Canal zone.

(Central American, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Nicaragua.

(Honduras, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An alliance of U.S., European and Guatemalan archaeologists worked with Guatemala's Mayan Heritage and Nature Foundation on the project over the past two years.

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)

Researchers using a high-tech aerial mapping scanner have discovered the ruins of tens of thousands of ancient Mayan structures that have been hidden and preserved for centuries under northern Guatemala's thick jungle.

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)

The Mayan culture was at its peak about 1,500 years ago in what is present day southern Mexico, Guatemala and parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)