Meanings
proper noun
- A country in northern Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. Capital and largest city: Guatemala City.
Foreign nationals who arrive in Guatemala through deportation flights will be repatriated to their home countries, Arévalo said, adding that the US and Guatemala would continue to have talks on how the process would work and how the US would cooperate.
2025 February 5, Michael Rios, “Guatemala to increase deportation flights from US carrying migrants from other countries”, in CNN - A department of Guatemala.
Origin
- Classical NahuatlCuauhtēmallān
- SpanishGuatemala
- EnglishGuatemala
Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala (originally the name of Iximche, the location of Guatemala's first capital), from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).
More words from Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Arabic غْوَاتِيمَالَا, جْوَاتِيمَالَا
- غْوَاتِيمَالَا (ḡwātimālā)country in Central America
- جْوَاتِيمَالَا (gwātimālā)country in Central America
Bengali গুয়াতেমালা
- গুয়াতেমালা (guẏatemala)country in Central America
Bulgarian Гватема́ла
- Гватема́ла (Gvatemála)country in Central America
Catalan Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Chinese Cantonese 危地馬拉 /危地马拉
- 危地馬拉 /危地马拉 (ngai⁴ dei⁶ maa⁵ laai¹)country in Central America
Chinese Mandarin 危地馬拉 /危地马拉, 瓜地馬拉 /瓜地马拉
- 危地馬拉 /危地马拉 (Wēidìmǎlā)country in Central America
- 瓜地馬拉 /瓜地马拉 (Guādìmǎlā)country in Central America
Czech Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Danish Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Dutch Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Esperanto Gvatemalo
- Gvatemalocountry in Central America
Estonian Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Finnish Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
French Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
German Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Greek Γουατεμάλα
- Γουατεμάλα (Gouatemála)country in Central America
Hebrew גּוּאָטֶמָלָה
- גּוּאָטֶמָלָה (guatemála)country in Central America
Hindi ग्वाटेमाला
- ग्वाटेमाला (gvāṭemālā)country in Central America
Hungarian Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Icelandic Gvatemala
- Gvatemalacountry in Central America
Indonesian Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Irish Guatamala
- Guatamalacountry in Central America
Italian Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Japanese グアテマラ
- グアテマラ (Guatemara)country in Central America
Korean 과테말라, 과떼말라
- 과테말라 (Gwatemalla)country in Central America
- 과떼말라 (Gwattemalla)country in Central America
Latin Guatimala
- Guatimalacountry in Central America
Latvian Gvatemala
- Gvatemalacountry in Central America
Lithuanian Gvatemala
- Gvatemalacountry in Central America
Malay Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Māori Kuatemara
- Kuatemaracountry in Central America
Norwegian Bokmål Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Persian گواتمالا
- گواتمالا (gvâtemâlâ)country in Central America
Polish Gwatemala
- Gwatemalacountry in Central America
Portuguese Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Romanian Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Russian Гватема́ла
- Гватема́ла (Gvatɛmála)country in Central America
Slovak Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Spanish Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Swahili Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Swedish Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Tagalog Guwatemala
- Guwatemalacountry in Central America
Tamil குவாட்டமாலா, குவாத்தமாலா
- குவாட்டமாலா (kuvāṭṭamālā)country in Central America
- குவாத்தமாலா (kuvāttamālā)country in Central America
Thai กัวเตมาลา
- กัวเตมาลา (guua-dtee-maa-laa)country in Central America
Turkish Guatemala
- Guatemalacountry in Central America
Ukrainian Гватема́ла, Ґватема́ла
- Гватема́ла (Hvatemála)country in Central America
- Ґватема́ла (Gvatemála)country in Central America
Urdu گواتیمالا
- گواتیمالا (gvātemālā)country in Central America
Vietnamese Goa-tê-ma-la
- Goa-tê-ma-lacountry in Central America
Yiddish גואַטעמאַלאַ
- גואַטעמאַלאַ (guatemala)country in Central America
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Guatemala. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guatemala
MLA
“Guatemala.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guatemala. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guatemala,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guatemala.
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