Meanings
- 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.
2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez, Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 20251 more example
Three children who are US citizens, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, were taken to Honduras with their mothers, who were deported last week, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations.
2025 April 27, Dakin Andone, “3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers, lawyers and advocacy groups say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025
Origin
- Spanishhonduras“depths”
- EnglishHonduras
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.
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Afrikaans Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Arabic هُنْدُورَاس, هُونْدُورَاس
- هُنْدُورَاس (hondūras)a country in Central America
- هُونْدُورَاس (hondūras)a country in Central America
Bengali হন্ডুরাস
- হন্ডুরাস (honḍuraś)a country in Central America
Bulgarian Хондура́с
- Хондура́с (Hondurás)a country in Central America
Catalan Hondures
- Honduresa country in Central America
Chinese Mandarin 洪都拉斯
- 洪都拉斯 (Hóngdūlāsī)a country in Central America
Czech Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Danish Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Dutch Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Esperanto Honduro
- Honduroa country in Central America
Estonian Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Finnish Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
French Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
German Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Greek Ονδούρα
- Ονδούρα (Ondoúra)a country in Central America
Hebrew הוּנְדּוּרָס
- הוּנְדּוּרָס (honduras)a country in Central America
Hindi होंडुरास
- होंडुरास (hoṇḍurās)a country in Central America
Hungarian Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Icelandic Hondúras
- Hondúrasa country in Central America
Indonesian Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Irish Hondúras
- Hondúrasa country in Central America
Italian Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Japanese ホンジュラス
- ホンジュラス (Honjurasu)a country in Central America
Korean 온두라스
- 온두라스 (Onduraseu)a country in Central America
Latin Honduria
- Honduriaa country in Central America
Latvian Hondurasa
- Hondurasaa country in Central America
Lithuanian Hondūras
- Hondūrasa country in Central America
Malay Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Māori Honotura
- Honoturaa country in Central America
Norwegian Bokmål Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Persian هندوراس
- هندوراس (hondurâs)a country in Central America
Polish Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Portuguese Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Romanian Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Russian Гондура́с
- Гондура́с (Gondurás)a country in Central America
Slovak Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Spanish Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Swahili Hondurasi
- Hondurasia country in Central America
Swedish Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Tagalog Onduras, Honduras
- Ondurasa country in Central America
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Tamil ஹொண்டுராஸ்
- ஹொண்டுராஸ் (hoṇṭurās)a country in Central America
Thai ฮอนดูรัส
- ฮอนดูรัส (hɔn-duu-rás)a country in Central America
Turkish Honduras
- Hondurasa country in Central America
Ukrainian Гондура́с
- Гондура́с (Hondurás)a country in Central America
Urdu ہونڈوراس
- ہونڈوراس (hōnḍuras)a country in Central America
Vietnamese Hôn-đu-rát
- Hôn-đu-ráta country in Central America
Yiddish האָנדוראַס
- האָנדוראַס (honduras)a country in Central America
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Honduras. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Honduras
“Honduras.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Honduras. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Honduras,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Honduras.
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