Honduras
Updated: Oct 1, 2022
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Country Name
Honduras or officially the Republic of Honduras.
Location
Honduras is located in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.

Capital
Tegucigalpa.
Reason for Naming the country
The literal meaning of the term "Honduras" is "depths" in Spanish. The name could either refer to the bay of Trujillo as an anchorage, fondura in the Leonese dialect of Spanish or to Columbus's alleged quote that "Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas Honduras" ("Thank God we have departed from those depths").
Prior to 1580, Honduras referred to only the eastern part of the province, and Higueras referred to the western part.