Honduras

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Honduras

/hɒnˈdjʊə.ɹəs/ UK
/-dʒʊə-/ UK
/hɔnˈdʒɵːɹəs/ British, Southern, Standard
/-djɵː-/ British, Southern, Standard
/hɑnˈdʊɹ.əs/ US
/hɑnˈdjʊɹ.əs/ US
/hɔnˈdʒʉɾəs/ Scotland
/-djʉ-/ Scotland

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish honduras (“depths”, referring to the deep waters off the northern coast).

It may also come from the alleged Columbus quote, "Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas honduras" ("Thank god we have departed from those depths"), said during his fourth and final voyage in 1502.

proper noun

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa. In the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, ICE agents arrested Walter Valladares, a 53-year-old undocumented immigrant from Honduras, according to family members who spoke with CNN.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: guatemala, nicaragua, venezuela, uruguay, vanuatu, honduran, uganda, zambia, zimbabwe, montserrat, andorra, tegucigalpa, country, hon, crc, hondurans

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Every language

name a country in Central America

Español	Honduras
한국어	온두라스 Onduraseu
日本語	ホンジュラス Honjurasu
中文	洪都拉斯 Hóngdūlāsī
हिन्दी	होंडुरास hoṇḍurās
Kiswahili	Hondurasi
Português	Honduras
Français	Honduras
Deutsch	Honduras
Italiano	Honduras
Ελληνικά	Ονδούρα Ondoúra
Română	Honduras
Русский	Гондура́с Gondurás
Tiếng Việt	Hôn-đu-rát
العربية	هُنْدُورَاس hondūras, هُونْدُورَاس hondūras
עברית	הוּנְדּוּרָס honduras

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"Honduras." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/honduras. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Honduras. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/honduras

Chicago

"Honduras." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/honduras.

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@misc{honduras_2026,
  title = {Honduras},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/honduras},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}