Meanings
proper noun
alternative Guantánamo Bay
- A bay in Southeast Cuba.
Synonyms: Guantánamo, Guantanamo
- A US naval base in South-East Cuba.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA bay in Southeast Cuba.
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Origin
- SpanishGuantánamo
- EnglishGuantanamo Bay
From Guantanamo + bay. Borrowed from Spanish Guantánamo, from Taíno, literally "land between rivers."
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Arabic خَلِيج غْوَانْتَانَامُو
- خَلِيج غْوَانْتَانَامُو (ḵalīj ḡwāntānāmū)US naval base
Catalan Badia de Guantánamo
- Badia de GuantánamoUS naval base
Dutch Guantánamobaai
- GuantánamobaaiUS naval base
French baie de Guantánamo
- baie de GuantánamoUS naval base
German Guantanamo-Bucht
- Guantanamo-BuchtUS naval base
Irish Cuan Guantanamo
- Cuan GuantanamoUS naval base
Italian Baia di Guantanamo
- Baia di GuantanamoUS naval base
Japanese グアンタナモ湾, グァンタナモ湾
- グアンタナモ湾US naval base
- グァンタナモ湾 (Gwantanamo Wan)US naval base
Portuguese Baía de Guantánamo, Baía de Guantânamo
- Baía de GuantánamoUS naval base
- Baía de GuantânamoUS naval base
Romanian Golful Guantánamo
- Golful GuantánamoUS naval base
Russian зали́в Гуанта́намо, Гуанта́намо
- зали́в Гуанта́намо (zalív Guantánamo)US naval base
- Гуанта́намо (Guantánamo)US naval base
Spanish bahía de Guantánamo
- bahía de GuantánamoUS naval base
Ukrainian зато́ка Ґванта́намо
- зато́ка Ґванта́намо (zatóka Gvantánamo)US naval base
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APA
Guantanamo Bay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guantanamo%20Bay
MLA
“Guantanamo Bay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guantanamo%20Bay. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guantanamo Bay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guantanamo%20Bay.
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