Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country 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. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several. EtymologyThe literal meaning of the Spanish term honduras is 'depths'. The name could refer either to the bay of Trujillo as an anchorage, fondura in the of Spain, or to 's alleged quote that "Gracias a. In the pre-Columbian era, modern Honduras was split between two pan-cultural regions: in the west and the in the east. Each complex had a "core area" within Honduras (. The north coast of Honduras borders the and the Pacific Ocean lies south through the. Honduras consists mainly of mountains, with narrow plains along the coasts. A large undevelope.