Chamorros
- plural of Chamorro.
Example Sentences
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During those 95 years of turbulent history, the paper — under the ownership of one of Latin America’s most distinguished journalistic families, the Chamorros — has consistently stood for democracy and press freedom.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
A 212-square mile island with 160,000 residents – just 37% of whom are native Chamorros - Guam is the westernmost point of the United States.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2020
Nearly four centuries after the arrival of the first Jesuit missionaries, Catholicism is deeply ingrained in the culture of Guam’s indigenous people, known as Chamorros.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
Older Chamorros like de la Cruz balk at the idea the U.S. is anything but a loving, paternal benefactor.
From Time ● Aug. 16, 2017
The Chamorros had stayed loyal to us after the Japanese came, and they tried to resist.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
