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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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He has steadily increased the amount he sends to his wife and two children in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, "from $500 a month to more like $300 dollars a week," he says.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2025

"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

In Tegucigalpa, the nation’s capital from which Hernández left in chains in 2022, Asfura held a paper-thin lead Monday in Honduras’s presidential race.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2024

Buzzards and children are competitors for trash at the dump in Tegucigalpa.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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