Tegucigalpa

Proper noun

Meaning

Tegucigalpa

The capital city of Honduras.

Examples

A woman holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: "Get out JOH" during a protest against Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Jan. Source: Internet

The members of the Barrio 18 gang were being held at the Marco Aurelio Soto prison just North of Tegucigalpa, a facility designed to hold about 8000 inmates, but currently houses 17000. Source: Internet

In 1850, Honduras attempted to build, with foreign assistance, an Inter-Oceanic Railroad from Trujillo to Tegucigalpa and then on to the Pacific Coast. Source: Internet

In May 1944, a group of women began demonstrating outside of the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa, demanding the release of political prisoners. Source: Internet

Numerous opposition leaders had been imprisoned, and some had reportedly been chained and put to work in the streets of Tegucigalpa. Source: Internet

Omoa was the site of the largest Spanish fort in Central America, built to guard the Spanish silver shipments from the mines of Tegucigalpa to overseas destinations. Source: Internet

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