Guantánamo

American  

[gwahn-tah-nuh-moh, gwahn-tah-nah-maw] / gwɑnˈtɑ nəˌmoʊ, gwɑnˈtɑ nɑˌmɔ /

noun

1. a city in SE Cuba: U.S. naval base.

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Guantánamo British  

/ ɡwanˈtanamo /

noun

1. a city in SE Cuba, on Guantánamo Bay . Pop: 214 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Several men said the guards told them if they didn’t voluntarily deport, they would be sent to prisons in El Salvador, Africa or Guantanamo Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1993, while many Oscars attendees wore red ribbons to honor those living with HIV/AIDS and call for government assistance, then-couple Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins took it further, using their time as presenters to ask the U.S. government to allow HIV-positive Haitians being held at Guantanamo Bay to be let into the country.

From Los Angeles Times

The Minneapolis-born, Princeton and Harvard graduate served as an infantry platoon leader in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

From BBC

Khork deployed to Saudi Arabia in 2018, Guantanamo Bay in 2021, and Poland in 2024, the military said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Al-Libi, a Libyan national, has been imprisoned without trial at Guantanamo Bay since 2006.

From BBC