Te·gu·ci·gal·pa 
(tə-g′sə-gălpə, tĕ-g′sē-gälpä)
(tə-g′sə-gălpə, tĕ-g′sē-gälpä) The capital and largest city of Honduras, in the south-central part of the country. Founded in the late 1500s as a mining center, it became the capital in 1880.