Chamorro

[ chuh-mawr-oh; Spanish chah-mawr-raw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural Cha·mor·ros [ch, uh, -, mawr, -ohz, chah-, mawr, -, r, aws], (especially collectively) Cha·mor·ro.

First recorded in 1945–50; from Spanish, from CHamoru Chamorri, the name of the highest, ruling caste of that people

Chamorro proclaimed himself duly elected, and was installed in office at Granada, the chief city of the Servile faction.

It also obtained among the Chamorro of the Ladrones, who termed it tshomiko.

Their language is Chamorro, much resembling the Visayan dialect.

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