Gitmo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: gĭtʹmō, IPA(key): /ˈɡɪt.məʊ/
  • (US) enPR: gĭtʹmō, IPA(key): /ˈɡɪt.moʊ/

Proper noun

Gitmo

  1. (informal, military) Guantanamo Bay, the US naval base at the eponymous location, on the island of Cuba.
  2. (informal, terrorism) The detention center for officially undisclosed persons without charge, process, or recourse; located at the U.S. naval base.

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.