Guatemala

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala (originally the name of Iximche, the location of Guatemala's first capital), from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑː.təˈmɑː.lə/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Guatemala

2. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala.

Derived terms

• Guatemalan

Related terms

• Guatemala City

Translations

country in Central America

• Afrikaans: Guatemala
• Albanian: Guatemala (sq) f
• Amharic: ጓቴማላ (gʷatemala)
• Arabic: غْوَاتِيمَالَا f (ḡwātimālā), جْوَاتِيمَالَا f (gwātimālā)
• Armenian: Գվատեմալա (hy) (Gvatemala)
• Asturian: Guatemala (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Qvatemala (az)
• Belarusian: Гватэма́ла f (Hvatemála)
• Bengali: গুয়াতেমালা (guẏatemala)
• Breton: Guatemala
• Bulgarian: Гватема́ла f (Gvatemála)
• Burmese: ဂွါတီမာလာ (gwatimala)
• Catalan: Guatemala (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 危地馬拉／危地马拉 (zh) (wēidìmǎlā), 危地马拉 (zh) (Wēidìmǎlā)

• Czech: Guatemala (cs) f
• Danish: Guatemala (da)
• Dhivehi: ގުއަޓެމާލާ (dv) (guaṭemālā)
• Dutch: Guatemala (nl)
• Esperanto: Gvatemalo (eo)
• Estonian: Guatemala (et)
• Finnish: Guatemala (fi)
• French: Guatemala (fr) f
• Galician: Guatemala (gl)
• Georgian: გვატემალა (gvaṭemala)
• German: Guatemala (de) n
• Greek: Γουατεμάλα (el) f (Gouatemála)
• Hebrew: גּוּאָטֶמָלָה f (gvatemála)
• Hindi: ग्वाटेमाला (hi) (gvāṭemālā)
• Hungarian: Guatemala (hu)
• Icelandic: Gvatemala (is) n
• Indonesian: Guatemala (id)
• Interlingua: Guatemala
• Irish: Guatamala m
• Italian: Guatemala
• Japanese: グアテマラ (ja) (Guatemara)
• Kalenjin: Gwatemala, Gwatemala
• Kamba: Gwatemala
• Kazakh: Гватемала (Gvatemala)
• Khmer: ក្វាតេម៉ាឡា (km) (kvaateemaalaa)
• Kikuyu: Gwatemala
• Korean: 과테말라 (Gwatemalla)
• Kyrgyz: Гватемала (ky) (Gvatemala)
• Lao: ກົວເຕມາລາ (kūa tē mā lā)
• Latvian: Gvatemala (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Gvatemala (lt) f
• Luhya: Gwatemala
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• Luo: Gwatemala
• Macedonian: Гватема́ла f (Gvatemála)
• Malay: Guatemala
• Maori: Kuatemara
• Meru: Gwatemala
• Mongolian: Гватемал (Gvatemal)
• Norman: Guatemala
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Guatemala (no)

  Nynorsk: Guatemala (nn)

• Occitan: Guatemala (oc) m
• Oromo: Gu'aatimaalaa
• Persian: گواتمالا (gvâtemâlâ)
• Pipil: Kwajtemalan
• Polish: Gwatemala (pl) f
• Portuguese: Guatemala (pt)
• Romanian: Guatemala (ro) f
• Russian: Гватема́ла (ru) f (Gvatɛmála)
• Rusyn: Ґуатема́ла f (Guatemála)
• S'gaw Karen: Gwatemala
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гватемала f

  Roman: Gvatemala (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ගුවාතමාලාව (guwātamālāwa)
• Slovak: Guatemala f
• Slovene: Gvatemala (sl) f
• Spanish: Guatemala (es) f
• Swahili: Guatemala (sw)
• Swedish: Guatemala (sv)
• Tagalog: Guwatemala
• Tajik: Гуатемала (Guatemala)
• Tatar: Гватемала (Gwatemala)
• Thai: กัวเตมาลา (th) (guua-dtee-maa-laa)
• Tibetan: གུ་ཝེ་ཐི་མ་ལ (gu we thi ma la)
• Turkish: Guatemala (tr)
• Turkmen: Gwatemala
• Tz'utujil: Ixiimuleew
• Ukrainian: Гватема́ла (uk) f (Hvatemála)
• Urdu: گواتیمالا (gvātemālā)
• Uyghur: گۋاتېمالا (gwatëmala)
• Uzbek: Gvatemala (uz)
• Vietnamese: Goa-tê-ma-la
• Volapük: Gvatemän (vo)
• Yiddish: גואַטעמאַלאַ (guatemala)
• Yoruba: Guatemala
• Yucatec Maya: Kuhatemalha’

See also

• (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Anagrams

• malagueta

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Asturian

Proper noun

Guatemala ?

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

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Breton

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala

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Catalan

Proper noun

Guatemala f

1. Guatemala (country, capital and department).

Derived terms

• guatemalenc, guatemalenca, guatemalencs, guatemalenques

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Czech

Proper noun

Guatemala f

1. Guatemala

Related terms

• guatemalský
• Guatemalec

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala n

1. Guatemala

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuɑtemɑ(ː)lɑ/, [ˈɡuɑ̝t̪e̞ˌmɑ̝(ː)lɑ̝]

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (country)
2. Guatemala City (capital)

Declension

Inflection of Guatemala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Guatemala	—
genitive		Guatemalan	—
partitive		Guatemalaa	—
illative		Guatemalaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Guatemala	—
accusative	nom.	Guatemala	—
	gen.	Guatemalan
genitive		Guatemalan	—
partitive		Guatemalaa	—
inessive		Guatemalassa	—
elative		Guatemalasta	—
illative		Guatemalaan	—
adessive		Guatemalalla	—
ablative		Guatemalalta	—
allative		Guatemalalle	—
essive		Guatemalana	—
translative		Guatemalaksi	—
abessive		Guatemalatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Guatemala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalani — accusative nom. Guatemalani — gen. Guatemalani genitive Guatemalani — partitive Guatemalaani — inessive Guatemalassani — elative Guatemalastani — illative Guatemalaani — adessive Guatemalallani — ablative Guatemalaltani — allative Guatemalalleni — essive Guatemalanani — translative Guatemalakseni — abessive Guatemalattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalasi — accusative nom. Guatemalasi — gen. Guatemalasi genitive Guatemalasi — partitive Guatemalaasi — inessive Guatemalassasi — elative Guatemalastasi — illative Guatemalaasi — adessive Guatemalallasi — ablative Guatemalaltasi — allative Guatemalallesi — essive Guatemalanasi — translative Guatemalaksesi — abessive Guatemalattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalamme — accusative nom. Guatemalamme — gen. Guatemalamme genitive Guatemalamme — partitive Guatemalaamme — inessive Guatemalassamme — elative Guatemalastamme — illative Guatemalaamme — adessive Guatemalallamme — ablative Guatemalaltamme — allative Guatemalallemme — essive Guatemalanamme — translative Guatemalaksemme — abessive Guatemalattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalanne — accusative nom. Guatemalanne — gen. Guatemalanne genitive Guatemalanne — partitive Guatemalaanne — inessive Guatemalassanne — elative Guatemalastanne — illative Guatemalaanne — adessive Guatemalallanne — ablative Guatemalaltanne — allative Guatemalallenne — essive Guatemalananne — translative Guatemalaksenne — abessive Guatemalattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalansa — accusative nom. Guatemalansa — gen. Guatemalansa genitive Guatemalansa — partitive Guatemalaansa — inessive Guatemalassaan Guatemalassansa — elative Guatemalastaan Guatemalastansa — illative Guatemalaansa — adessive Guatemalallaan Guatemalallansa — ablative Guatemalaltaan Guatemalaltansa — allative Guatemalalleen Guatemalallensa — essive Guatemalanaan Guatemalanansa — translative Guatemalakseen Guatemalaksensa — abessive Guatemalattaan Guatemalattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwa.te.ma.la/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala m

1. Guatemala

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala n (proper noun, strong, genitive Guatemalas)

1. Guatemala

Related terms

• Guatemalteke
• Guatemaltekin
• guatemaltekisch

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡvɒtɛmɒlɒ]
• Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧ma‧la

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Guatemala	—
accusative	Guatemalát	—
dative	Guatemalának	—
instrumental	Guatemalával	—
causal-final	Guatemaláért	—
translative	Guatemalává	—
terminative	Guatemaláig	—
essive-formal	Guatemalaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Guatemalában	—
superessive	Guatemalán	—
adessive	Guatemalánál	—
illative	Guatemalába	—
sublative	Guatemalára	—
allative	Guatemalához	—
elative	Guatemalából	—
delative	Guatemaláról	—
ablative	Guatemalától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Guatemaláé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Guatemaláéi	—

Possessive forms of Guatemala
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Guatemalám	—
2nd person sing.	Guatemalád	—
3rd person sing.	Guatemalája	—
1st person plural	Guatemalánk	—
2nd person plural	Guatemalátok	—
3rd person plural	Guatemalájuk	—

Derived terms

• guatemalai
• Guatemalaváros

See also

• Guatemalai Köztársaság

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala

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Italian

Proper noun

Guatemala m

1. Guatemala

Derived terms

• guatemalteco

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡʷa.teˈmaː.la/, [ɡʷät̪ɛˈmäːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.la/, [ɡwät̪eˈmäːlä]

Proper noun

Guatemāla f sg (genitive Guatemālae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Guatemala

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Guatemāla
Genitive	Guatemālae
Dative	Guatemālae
Accusative	Guatemālam
Ablative	Guatemālā
Vocative	Guatemāla
Locative	Guatemālae

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala

Related terms

• guatemalaner
• guatemalansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala

Related terms

• guatemalan, guatemalanar
• guatemalansk

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala, from Nahuatl cuauhtēmallān (“place of many trees”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwa.te.ˈma.lɐ/

Proper noun

Guatemala f

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• Cidade de Guatemala

Related terms

• guatemalteco

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Romanian

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwateˈmala/ [ɡwa.t̪eˈma.la]

Proper noun

Guatemala f

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)
2. Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)
3. A department of Guatemala.

Synonyms

• (Guatemala City): Guate (clipping)

Related terms

• guatemaltequismo
• guatemalteco
• salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeor

See also

• chapín

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Swahili

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Guatemala n (genitive Guatemalas)

1. Guatemala

Derived terms

• guatemalan
• guatemalansk

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Turkish

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala