hondo

Other forms of hondo

plural

hondoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hondo

What does hondo mean?

hondo means "the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland".

How many syllables are in hondo?

hondo has 2 syllables: hon-do. The stress falls on "hon". In IPA it is /ˈhɑndoʊ/.

What is another word for hondo?

Close synonyms include Honshu. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hondo a common word?

hondo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.