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Nicaragua

/ˌnɪk.əˈɹæɡ.ju.ə//ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwə/

Nicaragua proper noun: a country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.

nicaragua: a country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua
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Proper noun

Nicaragua

  1. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.
    • Civil liberties in Nicaragua have shrunk dramatically under the longtime leadership of authoritarian President Daniel Ortega, who claimed a fifth term in 2021.2024 August 19, Adam Pourahmadi and Avery Schmitz, “Nicaragua forces 1,500 church and civil society groups to close”, in CNN
  2. A lake in Nicaragua, the largest freshwater lake in Central America.

Nicaragua meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Nicaragua in Hindi

a country in Central America
निकारागुआ nikārāguā

Nicaragua in Tamil

a country in Central America
நிக்கராகுவா nikkarākuvā

Nicaragua in Urdu

a country in Central America
نکاراگوا nikārāguā

Nicaragua in Bengali

a country in Central America
নিকারাগুয়া nikaraguẏa
More languagesFewer languages
Nicaragua in Kannada
ನಿಕರಾಗುವ
Nicaragua in Sinhala
නිකරගුවා nikaraguwā
Nicaragua in Pashto
نیکاراگوا nīkārāgwā
Nicaragua in Tagalog
Nikaragwa
Nicaragua in Arabic
نِيكَارَاجُوَا nīkārāguwā, نِيكَارَاغُوَا nīkārāḡuwā
Nicaragua in Malay
Nicaragua
Nicaragua in Indonesian
Nikaragua
Nicaragua in Persian
نیکاراگوئه nikârâgu'e
Nicaragua in Thai
นิการากัว ní-gaa-raa-guua
Nicaragua in Vietnamese
Ni-ca-ra-goa
Nicaragua in Myanmar
နီကာရာဂွါ nikaragwa
Dhivehi
ނިކަރާގުއާ nikarāguā

Origin of Nicaragua

Borrowed from Spanish Nicaragua, from Nicarao (“a native name”) + Spanish agua (“water”).

Phrases with Nicaragua

Questions about Nicaragua

What does Nicaragua mean?
Nicaragua means a country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.
What is Nicaragua in Hindi?
Nicaragua in Hindi is निकारागुआ (nikārāguā). See Nicaragua meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Nicaragua?
Nicaragua is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nicaragua?
Nicaragua is pronounced /ˌnɪk.əˈɹæɡ.ju.ə/ (UK).

Words near Nicaragua in the dictionary

  1. nicanee
  2. nicanees
  3. Nicanor
  4. Nicanors
  5. Nicar.
  6. Nicaragua
  7. Nicaragua wood
  8. Nicaraguan
  9. Nicaraguan Revolution
  10. Nicaraguan Sign Language
  11. Nicaraguanness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Nicaragua (page history and authors); Nicaragua (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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