Honduras
[hɔn'djuərəs]
Definition
(noun.) a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture.
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Examples
- The British occupied Barbados (almost our oldest possession) in 1605, and acquired Jamaica, the Bahamas, and British Honduras from the Spaniards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I received a few lines from him, after the landing of the expedition in Honduras, written more cheerfully and hopefully than he has written yet. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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