Chamoru
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Chamorro (ethnicity) alt-of, alternative
"Japan occupied Guahan from 1941 to 1944, after which, the United States reoccupied Guahan, seizing 42 percent of the landmass that displaced the CHamoru people."
- 1 Alternative form of Chamorro (language) alt-of, alternative
"Origin of village name in CHamoru Barrigada comes from the CHamoru word meaning “flank” (the side of the stomach). The first written mention of the word “Barrigada” comes from Recollect Father Aniceto Ibanez del Carmen, who served on Guam for 40 years and in 1866, referred to people hunting deer in the region called “Barrigadan Tiyan.”"
Example
More examples"Japan occupied Guahan from 1941 to 1944, after which, the United States reoccupied Guahan, seizing 42 percent of the landmass that displaced the CHamoru people."
Etymology
Borrowed from Chamorro CHamoru. In Guam Chamorro, digraphs such as ch are capitalized entirely.
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