塔纳摩

塔納摩
Tǎnàmó
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Meanings

  1. 1 Tanamo / -tanamo (the second half of 关塔纳摩, Guantánamo, Cuba — site of the U.S. naval base and detention facility)

Examples

Guāntǎnàmó wèiyú Gǔbā dōngnán duān.
Guantánamo is located at the southeastern tip of Cuba.
Měijūn zài Tǎnàmó Wān shè yǒu hǎijūn jīdì.
The U.S. military has a naval base at Guantánamo Bay.

Tips

culture
塔纳摩 is the tail of 塔纳摩 (Guantánamo), the bay and city in eastern Cuba where the U.S. has held a naval base since 1903. The detention facility there opened in 2002 and has been an enduring fixture of post-9/11 news. CC-CEDICT also lists the variant (with instead of ) — both are accepted; mainland press tends to use .
memory
Pure phonetic: 'pagoda' + 'accept' + 'rub' — none of the meanings matter. Together they spell 'tah-nah-mo' to approximate the Spanish 'tánamo.'

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