Roatan

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US/ˈɹoʊ.ə.tɑn/

proper noun

An island, the largest of the Bay Islands, a department of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea.

OriginSpanish Roatán →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Rattan · alternative Roatán · alternative Ruattan

  1. An island, the largest of the Bay Islands, a department of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea.

Origin

  1. SpanishRoatán
  2. EnglishRoatan

From Spanish Roatán, a hispanicized form of a Pech name meaning, "water of the sun". The island had been formerly named by Christopher Columbus as Isla de los Pinos (“Pine Island”).

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APA

Roatan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roatan

MLA

“Roatan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roatan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Roatan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roatan.

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