HN
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | Honduras |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Geography & Places, Military |
HN has two meanings. It stands for Honduras (country code) or Hospitalman (US Navy and coast guard rank).
Meanings of HN at a glance
| # | HN stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | Geography & Places › Country Code |
| 2 | Hospitalman | Military › US Navy and Coast Guard Rank |
1. Honduras
Geography & Places · Country Code Abbreviations
Honduras, with Tegucigalpa as its capital and HND as its alpha-3 code, was the country that inspired O. Henry to coin the phrase banana republic in 1904. The Maya city of Copán and the Bay Islands' reefs attract visitors.
Example: Coffee from the Marcala region of HN won a top cupping score this year.
Honduras is the second-largest country in Central America by area. The lempira, its currency, is named after a 16th-century Indigenous leader who resisted the Spanish.
2. Hospitalman
Military · US Navy and Coast Guard Rank Abbreviations
Navy E-3 rank for junior members of the Hospital Corps, the enlisted medical force. Hospitalmen work in naval hospitals and clinics or serve with Marine units in the field, where they are called "Doc."
Example: HN Delgado graduated from Field Medical Training Battalion and joined a Marine infantry platoon.
Advancement to E-4 turns a hospitalman into a Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3). The lower grades are Hospitalman Apprentice (HA) and Hospitalman Recruit (HR). Although the Hospital Corps is part of the Navy, a large share of corpsmen spend tours with the Marine Corps, which has no medical personnel of its own.
Related abbreviations
More country code abbreviations
- GW – Guinea-Bissau
- GY – Guyana
- HK – Hong Kong
- HM – Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- HR – Croatia
- HT – Haiti
- HU – Hungary
- ID – Indonesia
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