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nouna republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable
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- maya a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
- mam a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala
- mayan a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
- fuego a volcano in south central Guatemala
- quiche a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala
- guatemalan a native or inhabitant of Guatemala
- guatemalan of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents
- quetzal the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos
- centavo a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal
- guatemala city the capital and largest city of Guatemala