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Gitmo

UK/ˈɡɪt.məʊ/US/ˈɡɪt.moʊ/

Gitmo proper noun: guantanamo Bay, the US naval base at the eponymous location, on the island of Cuba.

Proper noun

Gitmo

  1. (informal) Guantanamo Bay, the US naval base at the eponymous location, on the island of Cuba.
  2. (informal) The detention center for officially undisclosed persons without charge, process, or recourse; located at the U.S. naval base.

Origin of Gitmo

From GTMO (Guantanamo), pronounced as if it were a word rather than letter by letter.

Questions about Gitmo

What does Gitmo mean?
Gitmo means guantanamo Bay, the US naval base at the eponymous location, on the island of Cuba.
What part of speech is Gitmo?
Gitmo is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Gitmo?
Gitmo is pronounced /ˈɡɪt.məʊ/ (UK).

Words near Gitmo in the dictionary

  1. Gitika
  2. Gitksan
  3. Gitksans
  4. Gitlin
  5. Gitlins
  6. Gitmo
  7. gitodimethoside
  8. gitoformate
  9. gitogenin
  10. gitonin
  11. gitorin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gitmo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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