Hondo

Texas town name

Hondo is a deep, dry riverbed or gulch in the American Southwest, from Spanish.

The word appears in place names across Texas and New Mexico.

Separately, Hondo is a given name and the title of a 1953 Louis L'Amour novel and John Wayne film about a cavalry scout in Apache territory.

western

cowboy

Mounted cattle herder

  • saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
  • outlawFugitive from justice
  • sheriffCounty's chief officer

frontier · duel · revolver · cattle · bandit · stagecoach · prairie · lasso · spurs · wagon

geography

river

Large flowing watercourse

  • arroyoSeasonal desert watercourse
  • canyonDeep river-cut gorge
  • desertTo leave behind completely

basin · valley · tributary · watershed · streambed · mesa · gulch · terrain · arid · southwestern

Opposites
JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY (island type)

HondoOkinawa

Japanese island, martial-arts origin

remote islands · small islands · Hokkaido · Kyushu

SPANISH ETYMOLOGY (depth)

Hondoshallow

Without much depth

superficial · llano · surface-level · shoal · flat

WESTERN HERO ARCHETYPE (as John Wayne character)

Hondovillain

Wicked story antagonist

outlaw · antagonist · black hat · desperado · bandit

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G