Editing Honduras (section)

==Etymology==<!--linked-->
The literal meaning of the term "Honduras" is "depths" in Spanish. The name could refer either to the bay of Trujillo as an anchorage, ''fondura'' in the [[Leonese dialect]] of Spain, or to [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]]'s alleged quote that "''Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas honduras''" ("Thank God we have departed from those depths").<ref name=timeline>{{cite web
|url=http://www.honduras.com/history-of-honduras/
|title=History of Honduras – Timeline
|publisher=Office of the Honduras National Chamber of Tourism
|access-date=27 June 2010
|archive-date=28 May 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528122531/http://www.honduras.com/history-of-honduras/
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>Davidson traces it to Herrera. {{cite book
|title=Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos
|year=1945–1947
|publisher=Editorial Guarania
|location=[[Buenos Aires]]
|volume=VI|isbn=978-8474913323
|page =24
}}
</ref><ref name=Davidson2006 >
{{cite book
|first=William
|last=Davidson
|title=Honduras, An Atlas of Historical Maps
|publisher=Fundacion UNO, Colección Cultural de Centro America Serie Historica, no. 18
|location=[[Managua]]
|isbn=978-99924-53-47-6
|year=2006
|page=313}}
</ref>

It was not until the end of the 16th century that ''Honduras'' was used for the whole province. Prior to 1580, ''Honduras'' referred to only the eastern part of the province, and ''Higueras'' referred to the western part.<ref name=Davidson2006/> Another early name is [[Guaimura|Guaymuras]], revived as the name for the [[Guaymuras dialogue|political dialogue in 2009]] that took place in Honduras as opposed to Costa Rica.<ref name="hoduras claire">{{cite book
|title=Objetivos de desarrollo del milenio, Honduras 2010: tercer informe de país
|year=2010
|publisher=Sistema de las Naciones Unidas en Honduras
|location=[Honduras]
|isbn=978-99926-760-7-3
|url=http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/english/MDG%20Country%20Reports/Honduras/Honduras_MDGReport_2010_SP.pdf
|access-date=9 February 2016
|language=es
|trans-title=Millennium Development Goals, Honduras 2010: Third Country Report
|archive-date=26 November 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126164218/https://www1.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/english/MDG%20Country%20Reports/Honduras/Honduras_MDGReport_2010_SP.pdf
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Hondurans are often referred to as either the masculine ''[[Catracho]]'' or the feminine ''Catracha'' in Spanish.