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Honduras

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See also: honduras, Hondúras, and Hondūras

English

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɒnˈdjʊə.ɹəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /hɑnˈdʊɹ.əs/, /hɑnˈdjʊɹ.əs/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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Honduras

  2. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.
    • 2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN‎[1]:
      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 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[2]:
      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.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Central America (appendix)edit

Anagrams

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Central Nahuatl

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Honduras m inan (relational adjective honduraský, demonym Hondurasan)

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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Declension of Honduras (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Honduras
genitive Hondurasu
dative Hondurasu
accusative Honduras
vocative Hondurase
locative Hondurasu
instrumental Hondurasem

Further reading

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)
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Dutch

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Honduras n

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Spanish Honduras.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhondurɑs/, [ˈho̞ndurɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ondurɑs
  • Syllabification(key): Hon‧du‧ras
  • Hyphenation(key): Hon‧du‧ras

Proper noun

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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Inflection of Honduras (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Honduras —
genitive Hondurasin —
partitive Hondurasia —
illative Hondurasiin —
singular plural
nominative Honduras —
accusative nom. Honduras —
gen. Hondurasin
genitive Hondurasin —
partitive Hondurasia —
inessive Hondurasissa —
elative Hondurasista —
illative Hondurasiin —
adessive Hondurasilla —
ablative Hondurasilta —
allative Hondurasille —
essive Hondurasina —
translative Hondurasiksi —
abessive Hondurasitta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Honduras (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Hondurasini —
accusative nom. Hondurasini —
gen. Hondurasini
genitive Hondurasini —
partitive Hondurasiani —
inessive Hondurasissani —
elative Hondurasistani —
illative Hondurasiini —
adessive Hondurasillani —
ablative Hondurasiltani —
allative Hondurasilleni —
essive Hondurasinani —
translative Hondurasikseni —
abessive Hondurasittani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Hondurasisi —
accusative nom. Hondurasisi —
gen. Hondurasisi
genitive Hondurasisi —
partitive Hondurasiasi —
inessive Hondurasissasi —
elative Hondurasistasi —
illative Hondurasiisi —
adessive Hondurasillasi —
ablative Hondurasiltasi —
allative Hondurasillesi —
essive Hondurasinasi —
translative Hondurasiksesi —
abessive Hondurasittasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Hondurasimme —
accusative nom. Hondurasimme —
gen. Hondurasimme
genitive Hondurasimme —
partitive Hondurasiamme —
inessive Hondurasissamme —
elative Hondurasistamme —
illative Hondurasiimme —
adessive Hondurasillamme —
ablative Hondurasiltamme —
allative Hondurasillemme —
essive Hondurasinamme —
translative Hondurasiksemme —
abessive Hondurasittamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Hondurasinne —
accusative nom. Hondurasinne —
gen. Hondurasinne
genitive Hondurasinne —
partitive Hondurasianne —
inessive Hondurasissanne —
elative Hondurasistanne —
illative Hondurasiinne —
adessive Hondurasillanne —
ablative Hondurasiltanne —
allative Hondurasillenne —
essive Hondurasinanne —
translative Hondurasiksenne —
abessive Hondurasittanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Hondurasinsa —
accusative nom. Hondurasinsa —
gen. Hondurasinsa
genitive Hondurasinsa —
partitive Hondurasiaan
Hondurasiansa 		—
inessive Hondurasissaan
Hondurasissansa 		—
elative Hondurasistaan
Hondurasistansa 		—
illative Hondurasiinsa —
adessive Hondurasillaan
Hondurasillansa 		—
ablative Hondurasiltaan
Hondurasiltansa 		—
allative Hondurasilleen
Hondurasillensa 		—
essive Hondurasinaan
Hondurasinansa 		—
translative Hondurasikseen
Hondurasiksensa 		—
abessive Hondurasittaan
Hondurasittansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

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compounds
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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Honduras m

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)
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Galician

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Proper noun

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Honduras ?

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)
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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Honduras n (proper noun, genitive Honduras' or (with an article) Honduras)

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

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Hungarian

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 Honduras on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhondurɒs]
  • Hyphenation: Hon‧du‧ras
  • Rhymes: -ɒs

Proper noun

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America; official name: Hondurasi Köztársaság)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Honduras —
accusative Hondurast —
dative Hondurasnak —
instrumental Hondurasszal —
causal-final Hondurasért —
translative Hondurasszá —
terminative Hondurasig —
essive-formal Hondurasként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Hondurasban —
superessive Hondurason —
adessive Hondurasnál —
illative Hondurasba —
sublative Hondurasra —
allative Hondurashoz —
elative Hondurasból —
delative Hondurasról —
ablative Hondurastól —
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Hondurasé —
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Honduraséi —
Possessive forms of Honduras
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Hondurasom —
2nd person sing. Hondurasod —
3rd person sing. Hondurasa —
1st person plural Hondurasunk —
2nd person plural Hondurasotok —
3rd person plural Hondurasuk —

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Central America: Közép-Amerika országai[c 1] (appendix)edit
  1. ^ The Hungarian term may also refer to Middle America in the political and human geographical sense, including Mexico—Mexikó—and the West Indies. For the latter, see Nagy-Antillák, Kis-Antillák, Bahama-szigetek, Turks- és Caicos-szigetek.

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Honduras m

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Honduras in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Proper noun

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xɔnˈdu.ras/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uras
  • Syllabification: Hon‧du‧ras

Proper noun

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Honduras m inan (related adjective honduraski)

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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Declension of Honduras
singular
nominative Honduras
genitive Hondurasu
dative Hondurasowi
accusative Honduras
instrumental Hondurasem
locative Hondurasie
vocative Hondurasie

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Central America: kraje Ameryki Środkowej (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Spanish Honduras, from honduras (“depths”). Doublet of funduras.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Hon‧du‧ras

Proper noun

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Honduras f pl (plural only)

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Hȍndurās m inan (Cyrillic spelling Хо̏ндура̄с)

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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Declension of Honduras
singular
nominative Honduras
genitive Hondurasa
dative Hondurasu
accusative Honduras
vocative Hondurase
locative Hondurasu
instrumental Hondurasom

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Honduras m inan

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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Declension of Honduras
singulare tantum
nominative Honduras
genitive Hondurasu
dative Hondurasu
accusative Honduras
locative Hondurase
instrumental Hondurasom

References

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  • “Honduras”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hondúras m inan

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative Hondúras
genitive Hondúrasa
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Hondúras
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		Hondúrasa
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		Hondúrasu
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		Hondúras
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Hondúrasu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Hondúrasom
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Literally, “depths”. From a quote attributed to Christopher Columbus, "Thanks to God that we have left these Depths".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /onˈduɾas/ [õn̪ˈd̪u.ɾas]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɾas
  • Syllabification: Hon‧du‧ras

Proper noun

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Honduras m

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)
    Synonyms: (obsolete) Comayagua, (rare, archaic) Guaimura
    • 2025 May 30, Maxime Tamsett, “Arrestan a más de 100 personas en “operación de control” migratorio en un sitio de construcción en Florida, según HSI”, in CNN en Español‎[3]:
      Los detenidos eran “de México, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia y Honduras”, de acuerdo con la publicación de HSI Tampa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Honduras n (genitive Honduras)

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Central America: Centralamerikas länder (appendix)edit

References

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Tatar

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Proper noun

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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Declension of Honduras
nominative Honduras
genitive Hondurasnıñ
dative Hondurasga
accusative Hondurasnı
locative Hondurasda
ablative Hondurasdan

Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Pronunciation

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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Declension of Honduras
singular
nominative Honduras
accusative Honduras'ı
dative Honduras'a
locative Honduras'ta
ablative Honduras'tan
genitive Honduras'ın
Possessive forms of Honduras
singular plural
benim (my) Honduras'ım Honduraslarım
Honduras'larım
senin (your) Honduras'ın Hondurasların
Honduras'ların
onun (his/her/its) Honduras'ı Hondurasları
Honduras'ları
bizim (our) Honduras'ımız Honduraslarımız
Honduras'larımız
sizin (your) Honduras'ınız Honduraslarınız
Honduras'larınız
onların (their) Honduras'ı
Hondurasları
Honduras'ları 		Hondurasları
Honduras'ları

See also

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countries in Central America: Orta Amerika ülkesi (appendix)edit

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Honduras

  1. Honduras (a country in Central America)
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