Honduras (
pronounced
/hɒnˈdʊərəs/
; in
Spanish
, República de Honduras
IPA
:
onˈduɾas
) is a democratic republic in
Central America
. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from
British Honduras
(now
Belize
).
The country 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
. |