← All words
proper noun

Guatemala

/ɡwateˈmala/

proper noun/ɡwateˈmala/

Guatemala (a country in northern Central America); Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala); Guatemala (a department of Guatemala)

Synonyms: Guate, Ciudad de Guatemala

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).