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Agaña

American  
[ah-gah-nyah] / ɑˈgɑ nyɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Guam.


Agaña British  
/ əˈɡɑːnjə /

noun

  1. the former name for Hagåtña

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In Agaña practically all the east and west walls of native mortar houses were badly cracked.

From Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 by Saderra Masó, Miguel

Violent earthquake which damaged to some extent the government house at Agaña.

From Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 by Saderra Masó, Miguel

Considerable havoc and great panic at Agaña and in the other towns of the island.

From Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 by Saderra Masó, Miguel

Laid in ruins all the masonry buildings on the islands—the church, convento, and college at Agaña, the churches at Umata, Pago, and Agat, together with a great number of houses.

From Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 by Saderra Masó, Miguel

Agaña, however, is a village of six or seven thousand people.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello