guam

name

1. An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.

   “But to proceed with our Voyage : The Iſland Guam or Guahon , (as the Native Indians pronounce it) is one of the Ladrone Iſlands, belongs to the Spaniards , who have a ſmall Fort with ſix Guns in it, with a Governour, and 20 or 30 Soldiers.”

   “It had been the intention of the Navy Department to fortify Guam with a view to turning it into a first-class naval base. The fact that America has been willing to forgo this intention must be taken as evidence of a genuine desire to preserve the peace with Japan.”

   “We began our six-day visit to China in Beijing on a cloudy, overcast morning following another overnight stopover on Guam.”

   “The Chinese military has refined its anti-ship missile training from striking large, carrier-sized targets to smaller ships and naval bases, according to recent satellite images. They show a training base in Xinjiang’s remote Taklamakan desert with the layout of mock-up ship moored in a naval base that resembles one in northeast Taiwan and other targets in Guam, according to a Taipei-based naval analyst.”

2. A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines.
3. GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, a regional organization of the four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.