adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Received-Pronunciation:/t͡ʃəˈmɒɹəʊ/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/t͡ʃəˈmɔɹoʊ/
rhymes with -ɒɹəʊ
CMU ARPABET:CH AH0 M AO1 R OW0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:CH OW0 M AO1 R OW0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the indigenous native islanders of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
An Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous native islanders of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An indigenous native islander of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Chamorro Chamorro.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chamorro:
CHamoru
— Austronesian language
Chamorro:
Chamorro
— Austronesian language
Chinese Mandarin:
查莫羅語 /查莫罗语
(Chámòluóyǔ)
— Austronesian language
Faroese:
kjamorro
— Austronesian language
Finnish:
chamorro
— Austronesian language
Finnish:
tšamorro
— Austronesian language
Icelandic:
tsjamorríska
— Austronesian language
Norwegian Bokmål:
chamorro
— Austronesian language
Norwegian Nynorsk:
chamorro
— Austronesian language