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Honi soit qui mal y pense
Honi soit qui mal y pense, Middle French motto of the Order of the Garter (founded 1348 by Edward III), meaning "shamed be he who thinks evil of it"; it encircles the UK royal coat of arms and appears on passports and military badges.
Honiara
Honiara, capital and largest city of Solomon Islands on Guadalcanal, founded after WWII on US military infrastructure and made protectorate capital in 1952; known for rapid informal settlement growth, water and sanitation gaps, flood risk, and recurring political unrest.
Honig im Kopf
Honig im Kopf (Head Full of Honey) is Til Schweiger's 2014 German tragicomedy about girl Tilda taking her grandfather Amandus, who has Alzheimer's, to Venice; 7.2 million German viewers, 2018 US remake flopped.
Honigbienchen
Honigbienchen (Bee Alert) is a Reiner Knizia children's memory game from AMIGO (2012/2014) for 2-5 players aged 4+, in which six colored bees hidden under beehives must be found; Kinderspiel des Jahres 2015 recommended list.
Honing (machining)
Honing is an abrasive machining process that uses expanding stones to finish bores, improving surface finish and accuracy in engine cylinders, gun barrels, and hydraulic parts.
Honjo Shigeru
Honjo Shigeru (本庄繁, 1876–1945) was an Imperial Japanese Army general who commanded the Kwantung Army during the Manchurian Incident of 1931 and later served as Chief Aide-de-Camp to Emperor Hirohito.
Honka
FC Honka is a Finnish football club from Tapiola in Espoo, founded in 1975. Three-time Veikkausliiga runners-up and 2012 Finnish Cup winners, it restarted in the fourth tier after bankruptcy in 2023.
Honkadori
Honkadori is a Japanese waka technique of borrowing words or conception from a famous old poem, flourishing in the Shin-kokin era under Fujiwara no Shunzei and Teika.
Honkai Impact 3rd (崩坏3)
Honkai Impact 3rd (崩坏3, Houkai 3rd) is miHoYo's free-to-play 3D cel-shaded anime action RPG, released in China October 2016 and globally March 2018, where a Captain leads Valkyries against the Honkai; Part 2 launched on Mars in 2024.
Honkai: Nexus Anima
Honkai: Nexus Anima (崩坏：因缘精灵) is HoYoverse's upcoming creature-collecting adventure strategy game, the fifth Honkai series entry, announced August 2025. It combines monster catching with Teamfight Tactics-style auto-battler combat, Aspects, gacha bonding, and PC, iOS, and Android platforms; release date unannounced.
Honkai: Star Rail (崩坏：星穹铁道)
Honkai: Star Rail (崩坏：星穹铁道) is HoYoverse's free-to-play turn-based gacha RPG, launched April 26, 2023; known for Weakness Break combat, the Astral Express story, $132.3M first-month mobile revenue, and TGA 2023 Best Mobile Game.
Honkaku shōsetsu
Honkaku shōsetsu (本格小説) is a Japanese term for the "orthodox novel" that objectively depicts social reality, proposed by critic Nakamura Murao, whose 1924 essay sparked a major literary debate.
Honkbal Hoofdklasse
Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the Dutch top baseball division (hoofdklasse), founded 1922, run by the KNBSB; 42 weekend games April-September, best-of-seven Holland Series final, closed league, Curaçao Neptunus and Amsterdam Pirates the leading clubs.
Honkin' on Bobo
Honkin' on Bobo (2004) is Aerosmith's fourteenth studio album, a blues covers record with one new song, "The Grind," produced with Jack Douglas, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and certified gold.
Honky
Honky (honkie, honkey) is an offensive North American slang term for a white person, used chiefly by Black speakers; attested by 1967, probably from "hunky," a slur for East-Central European immigrants.
Honky Château
Honky Château, Elton John's fifth studio album (May 1972), recorded at Château d'Hérouville, France, produced by Gus Dudgeon; his first US No. 1 album, containing Rocket Man and Honky Cat.
Honky Tonk Women
"Honky Tonk Women" is a 1969 Rolling Stones single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Jimmy Miller; it topped charts in seven countries.
Honky-tonk
Honky-tonk: a rowdy Southern bar or dance hall, the electrified country music born there in 1940s Texas and Oklahoma (Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams), and the tinny out-of-tune piano style named after such venues.
Honne and tatemae
Honne and tatemae are Japanese concepts distinguishing private feelings (honne) from public statements presented to conform to social expectations (tatemae), a distinction treated as social skill rather than dishonesty.
Honnō-ji Incident (本能寺の変)
The Honnō-ji Incident (本能寺の変) of June 21, 1582: Akechi Mitsuhide attacked Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto with about 13,000 troops, forcing Oda Nobunaga's suicide; his heir Nobutada died the same day, and Mitsuhide fell at Yamazaki eleven days later.
Honnōji Incident
The Honnōji Incident (本能寺の変) was the surprise attack of 21 June 1582, in which Akechi Mitsuhide attacked Oda Nobunaga at Honnōji temple in Kyoto, forcing him to kill himself.
Honokiol
Honokiol is a natural bisphenol neolignan with formula C18H18O2, found mainly in magnolia bark, studied for anticancer and anti-inflammatory effects but limited by poor solubility and low bioavailability.
Honolulu
Honolulu (Hawaiian: Honolulu) is the capital of Hawaii and seat of the City and County of Honolulu on Oahu's south shore; state capital since 1959, county population 998,747 (2024), tourism-driven economy with the highest U.S. utility costs.
Honolulu County, Hawaii
Honolulu County, officially the City and County of Honolulu, is Hawaii's consolidated city-county covering all of Oahu. Most populous of Hawaii's four counties with 988,703 residents (2025 estimate), 69% of the state population, governed by a strong mayor and nine-member council.
Honolulu Police Department
Honolulu Police Department (HPD), Ka 'Oihana Māka'i o Honolulu, the principal law enforcement agency of the City and County of Honolulu, covering all of Oahu. Established 1932 under Act 1; roots in Kamehameha III's 1846 act; 13th chief David Lazar sworn in July 2026.
Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture
The Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture, owned by Reworld, operates H-POWER, Honolulu's waste-to-energy plant in Kapolei, Oahu, running since 1990 and supplying about 10% of Oahu's electricity.
Honolulu Stadium
Honolulu Stadium, the Termite Palace, was a wooden multi-purpose stadium in Moʻiliʻili, Honolulu, opened 1926 and demolished 1976; home of UH football, the Hawaii Islanders PCL team, and the WFL Hawaiians.
Honolulu Zoo
Honolulu Zoo: 42.5-acre AZA-accredited city zoo in Waikiki's Kapiolani Park, Honolulu, Hawaii; only US zoo founded from a royal land grant (1876, King Kalakaua); about 900 tropical animals; lost AZA accreditation 2016, regained 2020; elephants Mari and Vaigai are subjects of a habeas corpus case.
Honor (荣耀) (brand)
Honor, or 荣耀, is a Chinese consumer electronics brand in Shenzhen, founded under Huawei around 2013 and sold to a Shenzhen consortium in 2020, known for ultra-thin foldable phones.
Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman (1925–2020), British actress; played Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964); also The Upper Hand, Bridget Jones's Diary; declined a CBE in 2002.