English Explanatory Dictionary

Roatan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈɹoʊ.ə.tɑn/

Word forms

Roatan Rattan Roatán Ruattan

Etymology

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”).

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