Honduras is the Central American country whose coast gave the phrase banana republic. Travel to Honduras, born in Honduras, the north of Honduras.
The writer O. Henry coined that phrase there in 1904, describing a country whose politics were run for the benefit of an American fruit company — which was an accurate description at the time. The Maya city of Copan is in the west.
1nounhondurasA country in Central America.
“Honduras has coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.”
honduras is a country.
Spanish
honduras — depths
English
Honduras
English, today
honduras
Honduras Spanish honduras (“depths”).It may also come from the alleged Columbus quote, "Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas honduras" ("Thank god we have departed from those depths"), said during his fourth and final voyage in 1502.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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