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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.

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Archaeologists excavated the tombs of Yax Nuun Ayiin at Tikal and K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo’, the founder of a new dynasty at Copán, a Maya city in Honduras.

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 Harry Alverson Franck

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