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Definition of Chamorro in English: ChamorronounPlural ChamorrostʃəˈmɒrəʊCHəˈmôrō 1A member of the indigenous people of Guam. 夏莫罗人（关岛土著人） Example sentencesExamples - After the 1970s, ethnic tension between Chamorros and Filipinos became pronounced.
- However, both patrilineal and cognatic systems are widespread in southeastern Asia, and the Chamorros did not move further into the Pacific.
- Guam is a spiritual place where Chamorros believe in a vigorous spiritual presence melded with Catholic dogma taught by the earliest Spanish missionaries.
- The spirits of Guam are not limited to Chamorro legend.
- Chamoru, the ancient language of the Chamorros on Guam, and English are both official languages in Guam.
- Guam's flying fox bats are a prized food of the Chamorro.
- Indigenous voices like those of the Chamorro of US-dominated Guam, or the Rapanui of Chilean-administered Easter Island, are seldom heard.
2mass noun The Austronesian language of the Chamorro, with about 73,000 speakers. 夏莫罗语（属澳斯特罗尼西亚语族，使用者约73, 000） Example sentencesExamples - Guam, or Guahan, (translated as ‘we have’) as it was known in the ancient Chamorro language, is the southernmost and largest island of the Mariana Islands, in the west central Pacific.
- The official languages are English, Chamorro, and Carolinian, an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language that is a combination of dialects from atolls in the area of Truk.
- A while back, a coworker of mine who had been stationed in Guam while in the Air Force told me a surprising fact - the name of the island Guam is not, as one would expect, a Chamorro word.
- In the Chamorro language of the Northern Marianas, the greeting is hafa adai.
Definition of Chamorro in US English: ChamorronounCHəˈmôrō 1A member of the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands (including Guam). 夏莫罗人（关岛土著人） Example sentencesExamples - Guam's flying fox bats are a prized food of the Chamorro.
- Indigenous voices like those of the Chamorro of US-dominated Guam, or the Rapanui of Chilean-administered Easter Island, are seldom heard.
- Guam is a spiritual place where Chamorros believe in a vigorous spiritual presence melded with Catholic dogma taught by the earliest Spanish missionaries.
- The spirits of Guam are not limited to Chamorro legend.
- After the 1970s, ethnic tension between Chamorros and Filipinos became pronounced.
- However, both patrilineal and cognatic systems are widespread in southeastern Asia, and the Chamorros did not move further into the Pacific.
- Chamoru, the ancient language of the Chamorros on Guam, and English are both official languages in Guam.
2The Austronesian language of the Chamorro. 夏莫罗语（属澳斯特罗尼西亚语族，使用者约73, 000） Example sentencesExamples - In the Chamorro language of the Northern Marianas, the greeting is hafa adai.
- The official languages are English, Chamorro, and Carolinian, an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language that is a combination of dialects from atolls in the area of Truk.
- Guam, or Guahan, (translated as ‘we have’) as it was known in the ancient Chamorro language, is the southernmost and largest island of the Mariana Islands, in the west central Pacific.
- A while back, a coworker of mine who had been stationed in Guam while in the Air Force told me a surprising fact - the name of the island Guam is not, as one would expect, a Chamorro word.
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