Chamorro
See also: chamorro
English
Alternative forms
- (Guam) CHamoru
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈmɒɹəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈmɔɹoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ
Noun
Chamorro (plural Chamorros or Chamorro)
- An indigenous native islander of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
Derived terms
Translations
Proper noun
Chamorro
- An Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous native islanders of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
Translations
Austronesian language
Adjective
Chamorro (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the indigenous native islanders of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
Related terms
Further reading
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Chamorro terms
- ISO 639-1 code ch, ISO 639-3 code cha (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Chamorro, cha
Chamorro
Alternative forms
- CHamoru (Guam)
Proper noun
Chamorro
- (Northern Mariana Islands spelling) Chamorro (language)
- (Northern Mariana Islands spelling) Chamorro (people)
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈmoro/ [t͡ʃaˈmo.rʊ]
- Rhymes: -oro
- Hyphenation: Cha‧mo‧rro
References
- “Chamorro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “Chamorro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “chamorro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈmoro/ [t͡ʃaˈmo.ro]
- Rhymes: -oro
- Syllabification: Cha‧mo‧rro
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