Guam

Definition: Guam

Guam

Noun

1. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas; was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Guam" is a common misspelling or typo for: gram, guan, guar, gum.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Guam

Crosswords: Guam

German (Guam (gu)), Indonesian (thrush), Portuguese (Guam, Territory of Guam), Spanish (Guam).

That's right you could move away to Guam, Borneo, Harrisberg Pennsylvania, god knows where, the truth is you'll be making a beeline right back to Stuckeyville (Ed; writing credit: Steven Joel Kerzner)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• A Strategic Profile of Guam, 2000 edition (reference)

• The 2001 Guam Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

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Books

• Territories and Possessions: Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake, Midway, and Other Islands, Micronesia (Discovering) (reference)

• U.S. Territories and Possessions: Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake, Midway, and Other Islands, Micronesia (State Report s (reference)

• Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers 2003: Confederate States, Canal Zone, Danish West Indies, Guam, Hawaii, United Nations) (reference)

• Scott 2001 Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers: Confederate States, Canal Zone, Danish West Indies, Guam, Hawaii, United Nations, United States Administration: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, ryuky (Scott Specialized Stamp Catalogue of (reference)

• Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers 2003: Confederate States, Canal Zone, Danish West Indies, Guam, Hawaii, United Nations (Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Guam Business News (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pastoral scene on Guam Volcanic terrain, swaying palms, and water buffalo. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Coral rock terraces on the coast of Guam. Credit: Small World.

The Mobile Bomb Renovation Plant at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, blasts a Mk 82 500-pound general-purpose bomb. Anderson AFB has 70,000 Mk 82 bombs to repaint using the new renovation tool. (Courtesy photo).

Two people from the 36th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight inspect a rusted Mk-82 general-purpose bomb before the bomb's surface is repainted. Anderson Air Force Base, Guam is the first Air Force base to use the Mobile Bomb Renovation Plant. (Courtesy.

Guam White corn diseased with Sclerospora. 1918. Credit: USDA.

Guam IMMUNIZATION : Keep An Up To Date Immunization Record At Home. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Guam WIC Program : Supplemental Foods for Women, Infants, & Children. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

At a conference on Guam, 11 August 1944. They are (from left to right): Major General Roy S. Geiger, USMC, who commanded ground forces during the recapture of Guam the month before; Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN, Commander, Fifth Fleet; Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, USMC, who commanded ground forces during the Marianas operation; Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas; and Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps. Photographed by TSgt. James N. Carroll, USMC. Credit: NAVY.

Crew of one of the ship's port forward 20mm guns pose by their weapon, at Guam, circa 16 June 1945. They had stuck to their post until knocked off their feet by the force of a second explosion, when Lindsey was struck by two Kamikaze planes off Okinawa on 12 April 1945. Note severely damaged plating in the vicinity. The men are (left to right): CM3c Edwin K. Kayden; GM3c Balanor Easebio; Y2c Chester F. Fluharty; S1c Fred M. Gorges; S1c Robert F. Zelenka. Credit: NAVY.

Aerial view of a B-29 base on Guam, with the giant planes parked in their stands between raids. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Germany renounces on her own behalf and on behalf of her nationals in favour of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all rights, titles or privileges of whatever nature in the submarine cables set out below, or in any portions thereof: Emden-vigo: from the Straits of Dover to off vigo; Emden-Brest: from off Cherbourg to Brest; Emden-Teneriffe: from off Dunkirk to off Teneriffe; Emden-Azores (1): from the Straits of Dover to Fayal; Emden-Azores (2): from the Straits of Dover to Fayal; Azores-New York (1): from Fayal to New York; Azores-New York (2): from Fayal to the longitude of Halifax, Teneriffe-Monrovia: from off Teneriffe to off Monrovia; Monrovia-Lome: from about lat.: 2° 30' N.; long.: 7° 40' W. of Greenwich: to about lat.: 2° 20' N.; long.: 5° 30, W. of Greenwich; and from about lat.: 3° 48' N.; long.:0° 00', to Lome; Lome-Duala: from Lome to Duala; Monrovia-Pernambuco: from off Monrovia to off Pernambuco; Constantinople-Constanza: from Constantinople to Constanza; Yap-Shanghai, Yap-Guam, and Yap-Menado (Celebes): from Yap Island to Shanghai, from Yap Island to Guam Island, and from Yap Island to Menado. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Two amino acids found in seeds of certain legumes in Africa, India, and Guam may cause neurological damage. (references)

Furthermore, one population on the island of Guam also shows a constellation of signs that are common to both types of disease. (references)

Parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam. This form occurs among the Chamorro populations of Guam and the Mariana Islands and may be accompanied by a disease resembling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). (references)

Economic History

Palau

Import sources--U.S. + Guam (48%), Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea. (references)

Micronesia

FSM maintains an embassy at 1725 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 (tel: 202-223-4383). It also maintains consulates in Honolulu and Guam. (references)

Moldova

In 1998, Moldova contributed to the founding of GUAM, a regional cooperative agreement made up of Georgia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan, in addition to Moldova. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

No U.S. airlines currently fly into Jakarta, although Continental Micronesia Airlines flies into Denpasar, Bali from Guam. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Beginning with "Guam": Guam-belau.

Chinese 

关岛. (various references)

Danish

Guam (Territory of Guam), Territoriet Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

Dutch

Guam (Territory of Guam), Territorium Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

Finnish

Guamin alue (Territory of Guam), Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

French

Guam (Territory of Guam), le Territoire de Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

German

Guam (Guam (gu)), Territorium Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

Greek 

'Εδαφος του �"κουάμ (Territory of Guam), �"κουάμ (Territory of Guam). (various references)

Italian

Guam (Territory of Guam), Territorio dell'isola di Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

グアノシン三燐酸 (good, good design mark, good idea, good looks, Good luck, good timing, good will, good-looking, goods, Goodyear, GTP, guanosine triphosphate, guava, Gucci, guppy, promotional items), クロ� 明礬 (chlorella, chlorophyll, chloroprene rubber, choir, chrome alum, croissant, cunnilingus, ghoul, good, good morning, Gould, gourmand, gourmet, Guatamala, Gungnir, kvas, quartet, sniff). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

グア� , グァ� . (various references)

Korean 

구�". (various references)

Pig Latin

uamgay.(various references)

Portuguese

Guam (Territory of Guam), Território de Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

Russian 

гуам. (various references)

Spanish

Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

Swedish

Guam (Territory of Guam), Territoriet Guam (Territory of Guam). (various references)

Misspellings

"Guam" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gam, Gaum, Gautam, Gedamu, gham, ghunaym, giam, Gotama, Gruak, guaj, Guami, Guaymi, Gubay, Guelma, Guigma, Gulam, guma, Gusau, Guwat, Kudamm, Uga, Ugtm. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gaum.

-1 letter: amu, gam, gum, mag, mug.

-2 letters: ag, am, ma, mu, um.

+1 letter: algum, almug, gamut, gaums, gumma, magus, sagum.

+2 letters: algums, almugs, gamuts, gaumed, gazump, granum, gummas, gunman, magnum, maguey, mauger, maugre, muggar, zeugma.

+3 letters: agamous, agendum, amusing, augment, gallium, galumph, gauming, gazumps, glamour, gourami, grampus, gummata, hamburg, lumbago, magnums, magueys, mahuang, majagua, mauling, meshuga, moulage, muggars, mustang, mutagen, organum, plumage, pugmark, rummage, scumbag, umbrage, zeugmas.