GUANTÁNAMO BAY


Meaning of GUANTÁNAMO BAY in English

a bay in Cuba where there is a US Navy base. The sailors call it ‘Gitmo’. The base has been there since 1903. Since the attack on the World Trade Center people suspected of being terrorists are kept there as prisoners.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.