Tegucigalpa

//təˌɡuːsəˈɡælpə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Honduras.

    "But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital."

Example

More examples

"What have you seen in Tegucigalpa?"

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl.

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