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Honduras

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Noun

1. honduras, republic of honduras

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Honduras

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noun
1. 
a republic in Central America: an early centre of Mayan civilization; colonized by the Spanish from 1524 onwards; gained independence in 1821. Official language: Spanish; English is also widely spoken. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: lempira. Capital: Tegucigalpa. Pop: 9 265 067 (2017 est). Area: 112 088 sq km (43 277 sq miles)
2.  Gulf of Honduras

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Honduras

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country in Central America, with coastlines on the Pacific & the Caribbean: 43,277 sq mi (112,087 sq km); pop. 4,444,000; cap. Tegucigalpa

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Honduras

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An inlet of the western Caribbean Sea bordering on Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala.
A country of northern Central America. Originally inhabited by a Mayan civilization, Honduras was colonized by the Spanish in the early 1500s and gained its independence along with Mexico in 1821. Part of a short-lived confederation of Central American states, Honduras became a separate republic in 1838. Tegucigalpa is the capital and the largest city.

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