Hondo

"Hondo means 'deep.' (Although it looks like Honda, the h is silent.) Hondos are low spots in arroyos; they can also turn up in quebradas and canyons. It is a term heard often in the Southwest. Where land is lower than its surroundings, as in a hollow, vale, or depression, the area often gets called a hondo, though the proper word would be hondonada. Various lakes and features like meander scars bear the name Hondo, as do creeks and towns in the American Southwest. One can readily see, though, that these features are usually in, or near, a lowland feature."

Words are taken from: Home Ground; Language from an American Landscape by Barry Lopez & Debra Gwartney