Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to Guatemala, the northernmost republic of Central America, bordering on Mexico.
  • noun A native or an inhabitant of Guatemala. The dominant people are Spanish in origin and language.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a native or inhabitant of Guatemala.
  • adjective of or pertaining to Guatemala.
  • adjective of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Guatemala.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or the Guatemalan people.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Guatemala

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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.

    U.S. apologizes for newly revealed syphilis experiments done in Guatemala Rob Stein 2010

  • 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.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • This Christmas I finagled an invite to a friend's mother's house for a tutorial in Guatemalan-style tamales.

    part 1 | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2006

  • 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.

    October 2004 2004

  • The phrase granito de arena , "small grain of sand," refers to a Guatemalan figure speech to describe the collective actions of many.

    Chronicle of War, Evidence of Crime Nicolas Rapold 2011

  • 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.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • He recalled a Guatemalan woman whom he had advised to raise chickens and to start her own bank account.

    News Review - Top Stories 2008

  • It is fucked up, but "Mexican" is the lowest thing you can call a Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Argentinean, Costa Rican ...

    replay 25 cents 2004

  • 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.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008

  • 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.

    Maya Mysteries Jan 2008

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