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Guatemala, [a] officially the Republic of Guatemala, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically bordered to the south by the Pacific Ocean and to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras.
The etymology of this word is unknown, but it may have arisen from a sound used to attract a cat. [9] [10] A male cat is called a tom or tomcat [11] (or a gib, [12] if neutered). A female is called a queen [13] [14] (or sometimes a molly, [15] if spayed). A juvenile cat is referred to as a kitten.
Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page.() The history of Guatemala traces back to the Maya civilization (2600 BC – 1697 AD), with the country's modern history beginning with the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524. By 1000 AD, most of the major Classic-era (250–900 AD) Maya cities in the Petén Basin, located in the northern ...
Abyssinia, a former name: Uncertain meaning. Latinized in 1735 from a Portuguese corruption Abassia[ 39 ] of the Arabic al-Ḥabašah (الحبشة), [ 201 ] from Ge'ez Ḥabbaśā (ሐበሻ) or Ḥabaśā (ሐበሣ), first attested in 2nd- or 3rd-century engravings as Ḥbś or Ḥbštm (ሐበሠ), [ 202 ] of unknown origin.
The Maya (/ ˈmaɪə /) are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who lived within that historical region. Today they inhabit southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and westernmost El Salvador and Honduras.
A country adjective describes something as being from that country, for example, " Italian cuisine " is "cuisine of Italy". A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there; for example, " Germans " are people of or from Germany. Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final s or, in the case ...
a Guatemalan American b Guatemalan Mexican. Guatemalans (Spanish: guatemaltecos or less commonly guatemalenses) are people connected to the country of Guatemala. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Guatemalans, several (if not all) of these connections exist.
Foreign. English. Spanish is the official language of Guatemala. Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language. Twenty-two Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.