Honduras

[ hon-door-uhs, -dyoor-; Spanish awn-doo-rahs ]

noun

1. a republic in northeastern Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq km). : Tegucigalpa.
2. Gulf of Hon·du·ras, an arm of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Honduras

/ hɒnˈdjʊərəs /

noun

1. a republic in Central America: an early centre of Mayan civilization; colonized by the Spanish from 1524 onwards; gained independence in 1821. Official language: Spanish; English is also widely spoken. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: lempira. Capital: Tegucigalpa. Pop: 8 448 465 (2013 est). Area: 112 088 sq km (43 277 sq miles)
2. Gulf of Honduras
   an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize

Honduras

1. Republic in Central America , bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Nicaragua to the east and south, El Salvador and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Guatemala to the west. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa.

Other Words From

• Hon·du·ran Hon·du·ra·ne·an Hon·du·ra·ni·an [hon-d, uh, -, rey, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun

Example Sentences

Isa, 32, an asylum seeker from Honduras, first found refuge with her young son at a shelter housing roughly 1,300 people in Juárez, but food was scarce, she says, and overcrowding kept her on constant alert.

From Time

The boy had told the family he wished to return to Honduras to see his grandparents.

From Washington Post

For now, the family is raising money to repatriate Cristian’s body to Honduras.

From Washington Post

The soldiers had orders to shoot at them if they resisted returning to Honduras, according to an observer from an international group.

From Washington Blade

Most of the region is expecting upwards of six inches of rain, but Nicaragua and Honduras will receive the worst battering.

From Popular-Science

Then he pointed his gun at Miss Honduras as she tried to flee.

From The Daily Beast

In April, the 19-year-old brunette in an emerald gown was crowned Miss Honduras.

From The Daily Beast

Human Rights Watch interviewed a mix of 35 migrants, some detained in the U.S., others recently deported to Honduras.

From The Daily Beast

And I remember once there was a Nicaraguan Sandinista incursion in Honduras and the Nicaraguans denied it.

From The Daily Beast

And the Spanish media was full of denials of this, and just attacking Honduras and the U.S. for it.

From The Daily Beast

He entered the shop and emerged, not with caporal and cigarette-papers, but with the twelve Honduras stamps.

From Project Gutenberg

Some parts of the States, especially of Honduras, are well adapted for the production of the very finest leaf.

From Project Gutenberg

The specimens from Honduras have a basal cusp on the hinder edge of the lower canine.

From Project Gutenberg

British Honduras is by no means so interesting; but its form of government should be noticed.

From Project Gutenberg

It is of a beautiful colour, but does not retain it so long as the Spanish and Honduras woods.

From Project Gutenberg