Definition of "Guam"

But to proceed with our Voyage : The Iſland Guam or Guahon , (as the Native Indians pronounce it) is one of the Ladrone Iſlands, belongs to the Spaniards , who have a ſmall Fort with ſix Guns in it, with a Governour, and 20 or 30 Soldiers.

1699, William Dampier, chapter X, in A New Voyage Round the World. , page 290

It had been the intention of the Navy Department to fortify Guam with a view to turning it into a first-class naval base. The fact that America has been willing to forgo this intention must be taken as evidence of a genuine desire to preserve the peace with Japan.

1922, Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China‎, London: George Allen & Unwin, page 150

We began our six-day visit to China in Beijing on a cloudy, overcast morning following another overnight stopover on Guam.

1990, Ronald Reagan, “Staying the Course”, in An American Life‎, Pocket Books, page 369

The Chinese military has refined its anti-ship missile training from striking large, carrier-sized targets to smaller ships and naval bases, according to recent satellite images.They show a training base in Xinjiang’s remote Taklamakan desert with the layout of mock-up ship moored in a naval base that resembles one in northeast Taiwan and other targets in Guam, according to a Taipei-based naval analyst.

2022 May 12, Minnie Chan, “Satellite images ‘suggest China is practising missile strikes on targets in Taiwan and Guam’”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on 12 May 2022