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Tegucigalpa

American  
[tuh-goo-si-gal-puh, te-goo-see-gahl-pah] / təˌgu sɪˈgæl pə, tɛˌgu siˈgɑl pɑ /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Honduras, in the S part.


Tegucigalpa British  
/ teɣuθiˈɣalpa /

noun

  1. the capital of Honduras, in the south on the Choluteca River: founded about 1579; university (1847). Pop: 1 061 000 (2005 est)

"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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The officers who were attacked while travelling to Omoa from the capital Tegucigalpa, were part of an anti-gang mission, police have said.

From BBC May 22, 2026

"It's disrespectful to all Hondurans who went to vote," law student Katherin Matias, 21, told AFP in Tegucigalpa.

From Barron's Dec. 3, 2025

The U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa criticized the rendezvous.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 16, 2025

Hernandez arrived in Los Angeles in 2007 from Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2024

Ermis missed the occasional three-hour bus rides they had taken to Tegucigalpa to buy things, his mom’s spaghetti, how they would go to the tortilla store together.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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