Hondo

Hondo

(ˈhɒndəʊ) n (Placename) another name for Honshu

Hon•do

(ˈhɒn doʊ)

n. a river flowing NE from Guatemala along the border of Belize and Mexico to the Caribbean. 150 mi. (240 km) long.

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Hondo - the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainlandHonshuJapan, Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands - a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific OceanJapanese capital, Tokio, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo, capital of Japan, Edo - the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of JapanNagano - a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrineNagoya - an industrial city in southern HonshuOmiya - a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of TokyoOsaka - port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of JapanYokohama - port city on southeastern Honshu in central JapanKobe - a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995Kyoto - a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of JapanHiroshima - a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated areaToyohashi - a Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shoreToyonaki - a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of OsakaToyota - an industrial city of Japan in southern HonshuAsama, Mount Asama - a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)