# Roatan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹoʊ.ə.tɑn/

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

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/roatan