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Escuintla

American  
[es-kween-tlah] / ɛsˈkwin tlɑ /

noun

  1. a city in S central Guatemala.


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The 22-year-old left his native Escuintla early this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Guatemala’s disaster agency said shelters had been opened for the evacuees in the nearby town of Escuintla.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022

A migrant receives medical help while resting alongside other migrants during a caravan heading to Mexico City, in Escuintla, Mexico October 28, 2021.

From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2021

He and many other archaeologists think a colony of Teotihuacanos lived in Escuintla, perhaps commanding important land and sea trade routes.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 27, 2020

The departments of Escuintla, Amatitlan, and Baja Verapaz are the districts in which the largest areas are under cultivation.

From Guatemala, the country of the future by Pepper, Charles M.