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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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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 • Jun. 13, 2023

Luis, from the administrative region of Copán in northwestern Honduras, had planned what he would tell a Border Patrol agent.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2021

That Copán monarch is depicted wearing Teotihuacan-style dress, including unmistakable “goggles” over his eyes that evoke the rain god of central Mexico.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 27, 2020

Jesús Alberto Mayorga Lemus, from Copán Ruinas, says his parents couldn’t afford to send him to school.

From The Guardian • Dec. 25, 2018

Beyond the town I found with some difficulty the gate through which one must pass to visit the ancient ruins of Copán.

From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson