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English word origin

Etymology of Gitmo

From GTMO (Guantanamo), pronounced as if it were a word rather than letter by letter.

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
name

Guantanamo Bay, the US naval base at the eponymous location, on the island of Cuba. · The detention center for officially undisclosed persons without charge, process, or recourse; located at the U.S. naval base.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From GTMO (Guantanamo), pronounced as if it were a word rather than letter by letter.

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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