Tegucigalpa

[tuh-goo-si-gal-puh, te-goo-see-gahl-pah]

noun

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

Tegucigalpa

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, she immigrated to the United States as a teen, attending high school in Virginia before relocating to Montreal at 17.

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Just over two years later - and only weeks after he had left office - Mr Hernández was arrested at his home in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.

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The former president was arrested at his home in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, in February 2022 — just three months after leaving office — and was extradited to the U.S. in April of that year.

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He was arrested at his home in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, in February 2022, just three months after leaving office, and was extradited to the U.S. in April that year.

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A native of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Alvarado uses her profits from street vending to support her three children.

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