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Roatan

US/ˈɹoʊ.ə.tɑn/

Roatan proper noun: an island, the largest of the Bay Islands, a department of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea.

Proper noun

Roatan

  1. An island, the largest of the Bay Islands, a department of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea.

Forms of Roatan

alternative formRattan
alternative formRoatán
alternative formRuattan

Origin of Roatan

From Spanish Roatán, a hispanicized form of a Pech name meaning, "water of the sun". The island had been formerly named by Christopher Columbus as Isla de los Pinos (“Pine Island”).

Questions about Roatan

What does Roatan mean?
Roatan means an island, the largest of the Bay Islands, a department of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea.
What part of speech is Roatan?
Roatan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Roatan?
Roatan is pronounced /ˈɹoʊ.ə.tɑn/ (US).

Words near Roatan in the dictionary

  1. roasts
  2. roasts up
  3. roasty
  4. Roat
  5. Roata de Jos
  6. Roatan
  7. ROATE
  8. ROATEs
  9. Roath
  10. Roaths
  11. Roats

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