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Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa

4 7.5
The capital and largest city of Honduras
  • proper noun
  • /tɛɡuˈsɪɡəlpə/
translation icon : Tegucigalpa
  • It's what the locals call Tegucigalpa.
  • the capital of Tegucigalpa
  • Tegucigalpa in July
  • Tegucigalpa, 1994

Examples

  • Interview with Calix, CNC, Tegucigalpa, 28 July 1994.

    Academic text (1998)

  • On the curb, standing on the edge of busy traffic, we talk with two well-groomed, middle-aged women from CARE seated in an all-gear four-wheeler about to leave for the capital, Tegucigalpa.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Connect us with the police in Tegucigalpa, the higher up the better.

    Time Warrior (2013)

  • All the way to Tegucigalpa.

    Salvador (1986)

  • Source: Department of Natural Resources, Tegucigalpa.

    Academic text (1996)

  • She had to go back to Tegucigalpa.

    Goats (2012)

  • Interview with Jorge Amador, Tegucigalpa, 29 July 1994.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 2001.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Toncontín International, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

    Blog text (18)

  • Yesterday, we arrived in Tegucigalpa, the capital and largest city of Honduras.

Synonyms

Honduran capital
vsTegucigalpa
4.7

The main city where the government of Honduras is located

notes it without mentioning the southern location

Surface Forms

Tegucigalpa main

Etymology

Tegucigalpa is often said to come from native words like teguz and galpa, meaning 'silver hill' or 'place of silver'. So the city's name remembers the old silver mines and its hilly, mountainous location.