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Guatemala.

A country in northern Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. Capital and largest city: Guatemala City.

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name/ˌɡwɑː.təˈmɑː.lə/UK, US
  1. A country in northern Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. Capital and largest city: Guatemala City.

  2. A department of Guatemala.

Where this word comes from

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”).

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