What is the meaning of Hondo?

There are cities/towns in Mexico and Texas (and elsewhere in the USA) called Hondo and I had a feeling that it was a Spanish word, so I asked a woman from work who originally came from South America (I am from Sydney Australia by the way). She advised me that it means "deep" as in "profound" in Spanish. I also searched the web and found another meaning = "an Andalusian Folk song" known as a "Cante Hondo" (meaning Deep Song). The movie is obviously named after Wayne's Character who's first name is Hondo, and his character was most likely named Hondo either because he came from Hondo Texas, or was named after the Spanish meaning profound. I hope this sheds some light.

I only recently checked this site while looking for the movie. I came into some luck and finally discovered that it (along with a few other hard to find Duke Movies In Harms Way, Island in The Sky and others) will be available at a few local retailers tomorrow (Thursday 2 August 2007). This message is entered at approx 3.15PM 1 August 2007, Sydney local time. I have never seen this movie right through. I caught a fair bit of it on Foxtel (Cable) recently. It has a similar storyline to, and in fact was released the same year as the epic western Shane, so has always taken a bit of a back seat to the better known movie. But from what I have seen and read, and know of the storyline and cast, this movie is a hidden gem. I believe it's stage actress Geraldine Page's first film role. It was directed by John Farrow (father of Mia) who was Australian born, and includes another Australian Michael Pate (who is still alive in his 80's) in the cast as well as Gunsmoke's Matt Dillon (James Arness), who became a good buddy of Wayne's (the two actually share a birthday).

Hondo means low. Typically this is a reference to low or lower altitude as reflected in the many place names around Taos New Mexico. The reference to deep as meaningful is commonly reflected as 'profundo'.

I'm not saying we won't get our hair mussed!

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As a name "Hondo" is of Egyptian origin and is a masculine first name which means war. In the American West it refers to the eyelet that is present at the end of a cowboy's lariat for making a noose. It is the loop or noose or lasso that exists at the end of the rope. The word is pronounced as hon-duh or hon-doo. Hondo can refer to a form of noose knot characteristic in the west.

Source: http://www.blurtit.com/q743713.html