noun
Guatemala
gwah-tuh-MAH-luh
noun
1
A country in Central America, bordered by Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
"Guatemala is known for its ancient Mayan ruins."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA Central American country.
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Etymology
From Spanish, ultimately from a Nahuatl word roughly meaning "place of the woodpile," originally the name of an earlier capital.