Chamorro

See also: chamorro

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Chamorro Chamorro.

Pronunciation

Noun

Chamorro (plural Chamorros or Chamorro)

  1. 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

  1. An Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous native islanders of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.

Translations

Adjective

Chamorro (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the indigenous native islanders of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.

Further reading

Chamorro

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Chamorro

  1. (Northern Mariana Islands spelling) Chamorro (language)
  2. (Northern Mariana Islands spelling) Chamorro (people)

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Spanish chamorro (shaved).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈmoro/ [t͡ʃaˈmo.rʊ]
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Hyphenation: Cha‧mo‧rro

Proper noun

Chamorro m

  1. a surname

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.
  1. 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

Proper noun

Chamorro m or f by sense

  1. a surname
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