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Hondo
(ˈhɒndəʊ)n
(Placename) another name for Honshu
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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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| Noun | 1. |  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 mainlandJapan, 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 Ocean Japanese capital, Tokio, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo, capital of Japan, Edo - the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan Nagano - a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine Nagoya - an industrial city in southern Honshu Omiya - a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo Osaka - port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan Yokohama - port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan Kobe - a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995 Kyoto - a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan Hiroshima - 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 area Toyohashi - a Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore Toyonaki - a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka Toyota - an industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu Asama, Mount Asama - a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet) |
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