/ˈhɒndə/, /ˈhɑndə/
OriginProbably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (augmentative suffix).
- Southwestern, USA closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
- Southwestern, USA grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.
- A car of the Honda brand.
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“Hondas sound like cars designed by pacifists and humanitarian diplomats. The Accord, Civic, Insight.”
“It’s a little disconcerting to ponder how much of my happy online childhood was spent hanging out virtually with people who were old enough to own Hondas and go on PornHub^([sic]) on purpose (and defi”
- A motorbike manufactured by Honda.
- A Japanese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer, named after its founder, Soichiro Honda.
“they left on Sonnyʼs seventeenth birthday present — the Honda motorbike heʼd begged them to buy him”
- A brand of car manufactured by Honda.
Formshondas(plural) · Hondas(plural)