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honda

Syllables: hon·daUK/ˈhɒndə/US/ˈhɑndə/

honda noun: a 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.

honda: a closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is...
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Noun (1)

honda (plural hondas)

  1. (Southwestern, US) A 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.
  2. (Southwestern, US) A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

Proper noun capitalized: Honda

Honda

  1. 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 him2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 358
  2. A brand of car manufactured by Honda.

Noun (2) capitalized: Honda

Honda (plural Hondas)

  1. A car of the Honda brand.
    • Jammed onto a narrow, steep sidewalk, police barricades all around, we march with placards, drums, and angry spirit: "The Moral Majority, cops and Klan. Work together hand in hand." — helmeted tac squad on horses, Hondas, facing us on Powell Street, itching to wield their billy clubs, waiting for...1984 August 11, Merle Woo, “Revolutionary Optimism—The Order of the Day”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 5
    • Hondas sound like cars designed by pacifists and humanitarian diplomats. The Accord, Civic, Insight.2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 86
  2. A motorbike manufactured by Honda.

honda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

honda in Hindi

होंडा, होन्डा

honda in Tamil

ஹோண்டா, ஹொண்டா

honda in Marathi

होंडा

honda in Urdu

ہونڈا, ہونڈہ
More languagesFewer languages
honda in Bengali
হোন্ডা, হন্ডা, হোণ্ডা
honda in Telugu
హోండా, హొండా
honda in Malayalam
ഹോണ്ട, ഹോണ്ടാ, ഹോൻഡ
honda in Kannada
ಹೋಂಡಾ, ಹೊಂಡಾ
honda in Punjabi
ਹੌਂਡਾ, ਹੋਂਡਾ, ਹੋੰਡਾ
honda in Gujarati
હોન્ડા, હોંડા
honda in Odia
ହୋଣ୍ଡା
honda in Nepali
होन्डा, होण्डा

Forms of honda

pluralhondas
pluralHondas

Plural of honda: hondas

Origin of honda

Probably 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).

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).

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Phrases with honda

Words that rhyme with honda

Questions about honda

What does honda mean?
Honda means a 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.
What is honda in Hindi?
Honda in Hindi is होंडा, होन्डा. See Honda meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is honda?
Honda can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce honda?
Honda is pronounced /ˈhɒndə/ (UK).
What is the plural of honda?
The plural of honda is hondas.

Words near honda in the dictionary

  1. honchoes
  2. honchoing
  3. honchos
  4. Honcut
  5. Hond.
  6. honda
  7. honda knot
  8. honda knots
  9. Hondagua
  10. Hondarribia
  11. hondas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: honda (page history and authors); Honda (page history and authors); honda (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); honda (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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