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Copán

American  
[kaw-pahn] / kɔˈpɑn /

Copán British  
/ koˈpan /

noun

  1. a village in W Honduras: site of a ruined Mayan city.

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At Copan, a Maya site in Honduras, intricate lime sculptures and temples remain intact even after more than 1,000 years exposed to a hot, humid environment.

From Seattle Times

An attempt to connect with a water treatment plant in nearby Copan, Oklahoma, was unsuccessful.

From Seattle Times

There was also a trip to Honduras, where new Monuments officers toured the Mayan ruins of Copán with a local infantry brigade.

From New York Times

There’s also Megafauna, in the historic center of São Paulo, on the ground floor of the city’s most emblematic residential building — the snaking, Modernist housing block called Edifício Copan.

From New York Times

Also in the historic center of São Paulo, a few steps from Edifício Copan, is the Mário de Andrade Library, the first and main public library in the city, which houses an important collection as well as a theater and study and meeting spaces.

From New York Times