Nicaragua

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See also: Nicarágua

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Native town name Nicarao + Spanish agua (water)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌnɪk.əɹˈæɡ.ju.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwə/
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Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua

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

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Asturian[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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Catalan[edit]

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Nicaragua f

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Dutch[edit]

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Nicaragua ? n

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Finnish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Spanish Nicaragua.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnikɑrɑɡuɑ/, [ˈnikɑ̝ˌrɑ̝ɡuɑ̝]

Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of Nicaragua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Nicaragua
genitive Nicaraguan
partitive Nicaraguaa
illative Nicaraguaan
singular plural
nominative Nicaragua
accusative nom. Nicaragua
gen. Nicaraguan
genitive Nicaraguan
partitive Nicaraguaa
inessive Nicaraguassa
elative Nicaraguasta
illative Nicaraguaan
adessive Nicaragualla
ablative Nicaragualta
allative Nicaragualle
essive Nicaraguana
translative Nicaraguaksi
abessive Nicaraguatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Nicaragua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Nicaraguani
accusative nom. Nicaraguani
gen. Nicaraguani
genitive Nicaraguani
partitive Nicaraguaani
inessive Nicaraguassani
elative Nicaraguastani
illative Nicaraguaani
adessive Nicaraguallani
ablative Nicaragualtani
allative Nicaragualleni
essive Nicaraguanani
translative Nicaraguakseni
abessive Nicaraguattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Nicaraguasi
accusative nom. Nicaraguasi
gen. Nicaraguasi
genitive Nicaraguasi
partitive Nicaraguaasi
inessive Nicaraguassasi
elative Nicaraguastasi
illative Nicaraguaasi
adessive Nicaraguallasi
ablative Nicaragualtasi
allative Nicaraguallesi
essive Nicaraguanasi
translative Nicaraguaksesi
abessive Nicaraguattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Nicaraguamme
accusative nom. Nicaraguamme
gen. Nicaraguamme
genitive Nicaraguamme
partitive Nicaraguaamme
inessive Nicaraguassamme
elative Nicaraguastamme
illative Nicaraguaamme
adessive Nicaraguallamme
ablative Nicaragualtamme
allative Nicaraguallemme
essive Nicaraguanamme
translative Nicaraguaksemme
abessive Nicaraguattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Nicaraguanne
accusative nom. Nicaraguanne
gen. Nicaraguanne
genitive Nicaraguanne
partitive Nicaraguaanne
inessive Nicaraguassanne
elative Nicaraguastanne
illative Nicaraguaanne
adessive Nicaraguallanne
ablative Nicaragualtanne
allative Nicaraguallenne
essive Nicaraguananne
translative Nicaraguaksenne
abessive Nicaraguattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Nicaraguansa
accusative nom. Nicaraguansa
gen. Nicaraguansa
genitive Nicaraguansa
partitive Nicaraguaansa
inessive Nicaraguassaan
Nicaraguassansa
elative Nicaraguastaan
Nicaraguastansa
illative Nicaraguaansa
adessive Nicaraguallaan
Nicaraguallansa
ablative Nicaragualtaan
Nicaragualtansa
allative Nicaragualleen
Nicaraguallensa
essive Nicaraguanaan
Nicaraguanansa
translative Nicaraguakseen
Nicaraguaksensa
abessive Nicaraguattaan
Nicaraguattansa
instructive
comitative

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German[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua n (proper noun, genitive Nicaraguas or (optionally with an article) Nicaragua)

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈnikɒrɒɡuɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧ca‧ra‧gua
  • Rhymes:

Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Nicaragua
accusative Nicaraguát
dative Nicaraguának
instrumental Nicaraguával
causal-final Nicaraguáért
translative Nicaraguává
terminative Nicaraguáig
essive-formal Nicaraguaként
essive-modal
inessive Nicaraguában
superessive Nicaraguán
adessive Nicaraguánál
illative Nicaraguába
sublative Nicaraguára
allative Nicaraguához
elative Nicaraguából
delative Nicaraguáról
ablative Nicaraguától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Nicaraguáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Nicaraguáéi
Possessive forms of Nicaragua
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Nicaraguám
2nd person sing. Nicaraguád
3rd person sing. Nicaraguája
1st person plural Nicaraguánk
2nd person plural Nicaraguátok
3rd person plural Nicaraguájuk

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Italian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ni.kaˈra.ɡwa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡwa
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧ca‧rà‧gua

Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua f

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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Latin[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua f sg (genitive Nicaraguae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nicaragua
Genitive Nicaraguae
Dative Nicaraguae
Accusative Nicaraguam
Ablative Nicaraguā
Vocative Nicaragua

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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Spanish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Unknown. One theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, Classical Nahuatl Nicarao (Nicarao) + agua (water). Another is that it may have meant ‘surrounded by water’ in an indigenous language. (This could either be a reference to its two large freshwater lakes, Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua, or to the fact that it bounded on the east and the west by oceans.)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nikaˈɾaɡwa/ [ni.kaˈɾa.ɣ̞wa]
  • Rhymes: -aɡwa
  • Syllabification: Ni‧ca‧ra‧gua

Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua f

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Nicaragua n (genitive Nicaraguas)

  1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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