Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to Guatemala, the northernmost republic of Central America, bordering on Mexico.
- n. A native or an inhabitant of Guatemala. The dominant people are Spanish in origin and language.
Wiktionary
- n. A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent.
- adj. Of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or the Guatemalan people.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. of or pertaining to Guatemala.
- adj. of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Guatemala.
- n. a native or inhabitant of Guatemala.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents
- n. a native or inhabitant of Guatemala
Examples
“The doctors used prostitutes with the disease to pass it to the prisoners (since sexual visits were allowed by law in Guatemalan prisons)," Reverby wrote in a synopsis of the experiments.”
The Washington Post: U.S. apologizes for newly revealed syphilis experiments done in Guatemala
“Editorials in Guatemalan papers and conversations with people who work on this issue generally come down to this idea: the femicide epidemic is the direct, logical result of decades of impunity for human rights violations committed during the civil war.”
“This Christmas I finagled an invite to a friend's mother's house for a tutorial in Guatemalan-style tamales.”
“Their idea is to use this team as a platform to decry the discrimination they suffer in Guatemalan society and to demand respect and rights.”
“The phrase granito de arena , "small grain of sand," refers to a Guatemalan figure speech to describe the collective actions of many.”
The Wall Street Journal: Chronicle of War, Evidence of Crime
“Although, in any story like this, or whatever, you always have the anchor, that character who's the normal one and, in this case, it's kind of the daughter of the so-called Guatemalan immigrant, the derby driver, who aspires to be a derby driver as well.”
“He recalled a Guatemalan woman whom he had advised to raise chickens and to start her own bank account.”
“It is fucked up, but "Mexican" is the lowest thing you can call a Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Argentinean, Costa Rican ...”
“The buildings, ceramics and trade items, such as Guatemalan obsidian and Olmec jade, found at Kiuic indicate these early cities of the Puuc were tied to Maya centers further south.”
“Now, in Eastern European countries, however, where they don't quite understand some of the nuances of the courts, there is tremendous dismay that it could appear like a kind of Guatemalan situation with Secretary Harris coming in.”
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