Honduras

See also: honduras, Hondúras, and Hondūras

English

Etymology

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

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

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• British Honduras
• Honduran

Translations

a country in Central America

• Afrikaans: Honduras
• Albanian: Honduras m, Hondurasi m (definite)
• Amharic: ሆንዱራስ (honduras)
• Arabic: هُنْدُورَاس f (hondūras), هُونْدُورَاس f (hondūras)
• Armenian: Հոնդուրաս (Honduras)
• Asturian: Hondures (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Honduras (az)
• Belarusian: Гандура́с m (Handurás)
• Bengali: হন্ডুরাস (bn) (honḍuraś)
• Breton: Honduras
• Bulgarian: Хондура́с m (Hondurás)
• Burmese: ဟွန်ဒူးရပ်စ် (hwandu:rapc)
• Catalan: Hondures (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洪都拉斯 (zh) (Hóngdūlāsī)

• Czech: Honduras (cs) f
• Danish: Honduras (da) n
• Dhivehi: ހޮންޑިއުރަސް (hon̊ḍiuras)
• Dutch: Honduras (nl) n
• Esperanto: Honduro (eo)
• Estonian: Honduras (et)
• Finnish: Honduras (fi)
• French: Honduras (fr) m
• Galician: Honduras (gl)
• Georgian: ჰონდურასი (ka) (hondurasi)
• German: Honduras (de) n
• Greek: Ονδούρα (el) f (Ondoúra)
• Gujarati: હોન્ડુરાસ (honḍurās)
• Hebrew: הוּנְדּוּרָס (he) f (honduras)
• Hindi: होन्डुरस m (honḍuras)
• Honduras Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: Honduras (hu)
• Icelandic: Hondúras (is) n
• Indonesian: Honduras (id)
• Interlingua: Honduras
• Irish: Hondúras f
• Italian: Honduras (it) m
• Japanese: ホンジュラス (ja) (Honjurasu)
• Kannada: ಹೊಂಡುರಾಸ್ (hoṇḍurās)
• Kazakh: Гондурас (kk) (Gonduras)
• Khmer: ហុងឌូរ៉ាស (km) (hongduuraah)
• Korean: 온두라스 (ko) (Onduraseu)
• Kyrgyz: Гондурас (ky) (Gonduras)
• Lao: ຮົງດູຣັດ (hong dū rat), ຮົງດູຣາດ (hong dū rāt), ຮອນດູລັສ (hǭn dū lat), ຮອນດູຣັສ (hǭn dū rat)
• Latin: Honduria f
• Latvian: Hondurasa (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Hondūras (lt) m
• Macedonian: Хондурас m (Honduras)
• Malay: Honduras
• Maltese: il-Ħonduras
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Гондурас (Gonduras)

• Norman: Honduras m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Honduras n

• Odia: ହୋଣ୍ଡୁରାସ (hoṇḍurāsa)
• Pashto: هاندوراس m (hāndurās)
• Persian: هندوراس (hondurâs)
• Polish: Honduras (pl) m
• Portuguese: Honduras (pt) f pl
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Honduras (ro) n
• Russian: Гондура́с (ru) m (Gondurás)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хо̏ндура̄с m

  Roman: Hȍndurās (sh) m

• Slovak: Honduras m
• Slovene: Honduras (sl) m
• Spanish: Honduras (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Honduras
• Swahili: Hondurasi (sw)
• Swedish: Honduras (sv) n
• Tagalog: Onduras, Honduras
• Tajik: Ҳондурас (Honduras)
• Tamil: ஹொண்டுராஸ் (hoṇṭurās)
• Tatar: Гондурас (Ğonduras), Һондурас (Honduras)
• Telugu: హోండురాస్ (te) (hōṇḍurās)
• Thai: ฮอนดูรัส (th) (hɔn-duu-rás)
• Tibetan: ཧོང་དུ་ར་སི (hong du ra si)
• Turkish: Honduras (tr)
• Turkmen: Gonduras
• Ukrainian: Гондура́с (uk) m (Hondurás)
• Urdu: ہونڈوراس m (hōnḍuras)
• Uyghur: ھوندۇراس (honduras)
• Uzbek: Gonduras (uz)
• Vietnamese: Hôn-đu-rát
• Walloon: Hondourasse (wa)
• Yiddish: האָנדוראַס n (honduras)

See also

countries in Central America (appendix)edit

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama

• Honduras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• unhoards

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦonduras]

Proper noun

Honduras m inan (relational adjective honduraský, demonym Hondurasan)

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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

• “Honduras”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Honduras”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Honduras”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• honduraner
• honduransk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Honduras n

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Honduras.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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

• hondurasilainen
• hondurasilaisuus

compounds

• hondurasinhankko
• hondurasinhutia
• hondurasinimujalkalepakko
• hondurasinnöpästäinen
• hondurasinpeurahiiru
• hondurasintimanttikolibri
• hondurasinviiriäinen

Related terms

• Brittiläinen Honduras

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ̃.dy.ʁas/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Honduras m

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• Hondurien / Hondurienne
• hondurien

Galician

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• hondureño

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɔnˈduːʁas]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uːʁas

Proper noun

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

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• Britisch-Honduras
• Honduraner
• honduranisch

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Honduras

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

Declension

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

• hondurasi

See also

countries in Central America: Közép-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Salvador

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onˈdu.ras/
• Rhymes: -uras
• Hyphenation: Hon‧dù‧ras

Proper noun

Honduras m

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• honduriano

Related terms

• honduregno

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• honduraner
• honduransk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• honduran, honduranar
• honduransk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔnˈdu.ras/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uras
• Syllabification: Hon‧du‧ras

Proper noun

Honduras m inan (related adjective honduraski)

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Honduras

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

Derived terms

• Honduranin
• Honduranka

See also

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

• Belize
• Gwatemala
• Honduras
• Kostaryka
• Nikaragua
• Panama
• Salwador

Further reading

• Honduras in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /õˈdu.ɾɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /õˈdu.ɾɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /õˈdu.ɾɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /õˈdu.ɾas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /õˈdu.ɾɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: Hon‧du‧ras

Proper noun

Honduras f pl

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• hondurenho

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xônduraːs/

Proper noun

Hȍndurās m (Cyrillic spelling Хо̏ндура̄с)

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Honduras

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onˈduɾas/ [õn̪ˈd̪u.ɾas]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uɾas
• Syllabification: Hon‧du‧ras

Proper noun

Honduras m

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

   Synonyms: (obsolete) Comayagua, (rare, archaic) Guaimura

Derived terms

• Honduras Británica
• hondureñismo m
• hondureño (adjective)

See also

• Honduras on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Honduras n (genitive Honduras)

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• honduran
• honduransk
• honduranska

References

• Honduras in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Tatar

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

    declension of Honduras

Nominative	Honduras
Genitive	Hondurasnıñ
Dative	Hondurasga
Accusative	Hondurasnı
Locative	Hondurasda
Ablative	Hondurasdan

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)

Declension

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

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

• Belize
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Kosta Rika
• Nikaragua
• Panama

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Honduras

1. Honduras (a country in Central America)