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Honduran

Honduran

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A person from Honduras
  • noun
  • /hɒnˈdʊrən/
translation icon : hondureño
  • Her father is Honduran, which gives her a rich cultural background.
  • one Honduran

We're going to start out with two easy questions and then one hard question and we'll talk about how the Hondurans have tried to solve this hard question.

Examples

  • The Honduran's half-volley in the 81st minute was undeniably one of the biggest goals in Sounders history, once the timing and execution of it are taken into account.

    Blog text (3)
  • She was born in Honduras and is racially mixed, her father being Chinese and her mother being mestiza Honduran.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The Honduran should remain in his country to fight against the injustice that the government has done in taking away his land.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • La Gringa has lived in Honduras for nearly ten years, is married to a Honduran, and is thus part of an extended Honduran family.

    Blog text (16)
  • We're going to start out with two easy questions and then one hard question and we'll talk about how the Hondurans have tried to solve this hard question.

  • This is supposed to trigger sanctions, but that report was suppressed due to politics, and now we have a military government there that is much worse for the average Honduran.

    Blog text (27)
  • This is third-hand, but I happen to work with a guy married to a Honduran who's lived there in the past and is about to start another tenure there in education.

    Blog text (15)
  • Many Hondurans celebrate their independence with colorful parades.

  • During the festival, we met two friendly Hondurans who shared their traditional foods with us.

Compounds

The main city where the government of Honduras is located

Surface Forms

Honduran singular
Hondurans plural

Morphology

Honduran = Honduras (transparent) = Honduras + an

Formed by the productive English demonym suffix '-an' added to the country name 'Honduras', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Honduran comes from the country name Honduras, which in Spanish comes from hondura, meaning 'depth' or 'deep waters' because early sailors found deep seas there. So a Honduran is a person who comes from Honduras.