Honduras is a country in Central America, between Guatemala and Nicaragua. It also touches El Salvador, which tidy one-line maps sometimes leave out.

Honduras宏都拉斯 is a country in Central America是中美洲的一個國家 between Guatemala and Nicaragua位在瓜地馬拉和尼加拉瓜之間。It它 also touches El Salvador也和薩爾瓦多接壤 which tidy one-line maps sometimes leave out這點簡化的一句話地圖介紹有時會漏掉。

The north faces the Caribbean; there is a short Pacific coast in the south. The capital is Tegucigalpa.

The north北邊 faces the Caribbean面向加勒比海 there is a short Pacific coast in the south南邊則有一小段太平洋海岸。The capital首都 is Tegucigalpa是德古斯加巴。

Some eight to nine million people live there (an older 2014 figure was about 8.4 million).

Some eight to nine million people大約八到九百萬人 live there住在那裡 an older 2014 figure was about 8.4 million較舊的2014年數字則約為840萬。

In English the country is Honduras; a person or thing from there is Honduran.

In English在英文裡 the country這個國家 is Honduras叫Honduras a person or thing from there來自那裡的人或東西 is Honduran叫Honduran。

The name was borrowed from Spanish honduras, “depths,” for the deep water off the north coast. People also repeat a story that Columbus, on his last voyage in 1502, thanked God for leaving those depths. That quote is alleged, not proven — a nice tale, not a sure fact.

The name這個名字 was borrowed from Spanish honduras是借自西班牙文的honduras "depths,"意思是「深處」 for the deep water off the north coast指的是北岸外那片深水域。People大家 also repeat a story還流傳著一個故事 that Columbus, on his last voyage in 1502說哥倫布在1502年最後一次航行時 thanked God for leaving those depths感謝上帝讓他離開那片深水。That quote這句話 is alleged, not proven只是傳說，並未證實 a nice tale, not a sure fact是個好聽的故事，不是確定的事實。