HONDURAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Honduras mean? 

• HONDURAS (noun)
  The noun HONDURAS has 1 sense:

1. a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture

  Familiarity information: HONDURAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HONDURAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Honduras; Republic of Honduras

Instance hypernyms:

Central American country; Central American nation (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments)

Meronyms (parts of "Honduras"):

Honduran capital; Tegucigalpa (the capital and largest city of Honduras)

San Pedro Sula (industrial city in northwestern Honduras)

Meronyms (members of "Honduras"):

Honduran (a native or inhabitant of Honduras)

Domain member region:

Moranzanist Patriotic Front (a terrorist group of radical leftists formed in the late 1980s; seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political affairs)

Holonyms ("Honduras" is a part of...):

Central America (the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia)

Holonyms ("Honduras" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

 Context examples 

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, east of Mexico and west of Belize and Honduras.

(Guatemala, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras.

(El Salvador, NCI Thesaurus)

An island group in the Caribbean Sea, nearly one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras.

(Cayman Islands, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras.

(Nicaragua, NCI Thesaurus)

The Mayan culture was at its peak about 1,500 years ago in what is present day southern Mexico, Guatemala and parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras and Belize and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico.

(Guatemala, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Denotes a person from the area inbetween north and south America including persons from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Panama Canal zone.

(Central American, NCI Thesaurus)

Continental North America south of Mexico that is usually considered to comprise the present day countries of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

(Mesoamerica, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)