Nicaragua

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UK/ˌnɪk.əˈɹæɡ.ju.ə/US/ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwə/US/ˌnik.əˈɹɑ.ɡwə/

proper noun

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.

OriginSpanish Nicaragua →
CommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
greytown

Origin

  1. SpanishNicaragua
  2. EnglishNicaragua

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

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Translations

Afrikaans Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Arabic نِيكَارَاجُوَا, نِيكَارَاغُوَا
  • نِيكَارَاجُوَا (nīkārāguwā)a country in Central America
  • نِيكَارَاغُوَا (nīkārāḡuwā)a country in Central America
Basque Nikaragua
  • Nikaraguaa country in Central America
Bengali নিকারাগুয়া
  • নিকারাগুয়া (nikaraguẏa)a country in Central America
Bulgarian Никара́гуа
  • Никара́гуа (Nikarágua)a country in Central America
Catalan Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Chinese Mandarin 尼加拉瓜
  • 尼加拉瓜 (Níjiālāguā)a country in Central America
Czech Nikaragua
  • Nikaraguaa country in Central America
Danish Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Dutch Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Esperanto Nikaragvo
  • Nikaragvoa country in Central America
Estonian Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Finnish Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
French Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
German Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Greek Νικαράγουα
  • Νικαράγουα (Nikarágoua)a country in Central America
Hebrew נִיקָרָגוּאָה
  • נִיקָרָגוּאָה (nikaragua)a country in Central America
Hindi निकारागुआ
  • निकारागुआ (nikārāguā)a country in Central America
Hungarian Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Icelandic Níkaragva, Nikaragúa
  • Níkaragvaa country in Central America
  • Nikaragúaa country in Central America
Indonesian Nikaragua
  • Nikaraguaa country in Central America
Italian Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Japanese ニカラグア
  • ニカラグア (Nikaragua)a country in Central America
Korean 니카라과, 니까라과
  • 니카라과 (Nikaragwa)a country in Central America
  • 니까라과 (Nikkaragwa)a country in Central America
Latvian Nikaragva
  • Nikaragvaa country in Central America
Lithuanian Nikaragva
  • Nikaragvaa country in Central America
Malay Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Māori Nikarāhua
  • Nikarāhuaa country in Central America
Norwegian Bokmål Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Persian نیکاراگوئه
  • نیکاراگوئه (nikârâgu'e)a country in Central America
Polish Nikaragua
  • Nikaraguaa country in Central America
Portuguese Nicarágua
  • Nicaráguaa country in Central America
Romanian Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Russian Никара́гуа
  • Никара́гуа (Nikarágua)a country in Central America
Slovak Nikaragua
  • Nikaraguaa country in Central America
Spanish Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Swahili Nikaragwa
  • Nikaragwaa country in Central America
Swedish Nicaragua
  • Nicaraguaa country in Central America
Tagalog Nikaragwa
  • Nikaragwaa country in Central America
Tamil நிக்கராகுவா
  • நிக்கராகுவா (nikkarākuvā)a country in Central America
Thai นิการากัว
  • นิการากัว (ní-gaa-raa-guua)a country in Central America
Turkish Nikaragua
  • Nikaraguaa country in Central America
Ukrainian Нікара́гуа
  • Нікара́гуа (Nikaráhua)a country in Central America
Urdu نکاراگوا
  • نکاراگوا (nikārāguā)a country in Central America
Vietnamese Ni-ca-ra-goa
  • Ni-ca-ra-goaa country in Central America
Welsh Nicaragwa
  • Nicaragwaa country in Central America
Yiddish ניקאַראַגואַ
  • ניקאַראַגואַ (nikaragua)a country in Central America
Cite this entry
APA

Nicaragua. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nicaragua

MLA

“Nicaragua.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nicaragua. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nicaragua,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nicaragua.

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