San Pedro Sula

proper noun

The capital city of Cortés department, Honduras.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. The capital city of Cortés department, Honduras.

    But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.

    2025 February 1, Annie Correal, “U.S. Military Planes Deliver Deportees to Honduras”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2025

Origin

  1. SpanishSan Pedro Sula
  2. EnglishSan Pedro Sula

Borrowed from Spanish San Pedro Sula.

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APA

San Pedro Sula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Pedro%20Sula

MLA

“San Pedro Sula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Pedro%20Sula. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “San Pedro Sula,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Pedro%20Sula.

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