Nicaragua

See also: Nicarágua

English

Etymology

Native town name Nicarao + Spanish agua (“water”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɪk.əɹˈæɡ.ju.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Nicaragua

2. Country in Central America; official name: Republic of Nicaragua.

Related terms

• Nicaraguan
• Nicaragua wood

Translations

a country in Central America

• Afrikaans: Nicaragua
• Albanian: Nikaraguaja f
• Amharic: ኒካራጓ (nikaragʷa)
• Arabic: نِيكَارَاجُوَا f (nīkārāguwā), نِيكَارَاغُوَا f (nīkārāḡuwā)
• Armenian: Նիկարագուա (Nikaragua)
• Azerbaijani: Nikaraqua (az)
• Bashkir: Никарагуа (Nikaragwa)
• Basque: Nikaragua (eu)
• Belarusian: Нікара́гуа f (Nikaráhua)
• Bengali: নিকারাগুয়া (nikaraguẏa)
• Breton: Nicaragua
• Bulgarian: Никара́гуа f (Nikarágua)
• Burmese: နီကာရာဂွါ (nikaragwa)
• Catalan: Nicaragua (ca) f
• Chechen: Никарагуа (Nikaragwa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼加拉瓜 (zh) (Níjiālāguā)

• Czech: Nikaragua (cs) f
• Danish: Nicaragua (da)
• Dhivehi: ނިކަރާގުއާ (nikarāguā)
• Dutch: Nicaragua (nl)
• Esperanto: Nikaragvo (eo)
• Estonian: Nicaragua (et)
• Finnish: Nicaragua (fi)
• French: Nicaragua (fr)
• Georgian: ნიკარაგუა (niḳaragua)
• German: Nicaragua (de) n
• Greek: Νικαράγουα (el) f (Nikarágoua)
• Hebrew: ניקרגואה (nikaragua)
• Hindi: निकारागुआ (hi) (nikārāguā)
• Hungarian: Nicaragua (hu)
• Icelandic: Níkaragva (is), Nikaragúa (is)
• Indonesian: Nikaragua (id)
• Interlingua: Nicaragua
• Italian: Nicaragua (it)
• Japanese: ニカラグア (ja) (Nikaragua)
• Kalenjin: Nikaragwa
• Kamba: Nikaragwa
• Kazakh: Никарагуа (Nikaragua)
• Khmer: នីការ៉ាហ្គ័រ (niikaaraagɔə)
• Kikuyu: Nikaragwa
• Korean: 니카라과 (Nikaragwa)
• Kyrgyz: Никарагуа (Nikaragua)
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• Lao: ນີກາຣາກົວ (nī kā rā kūa)
• Latvian: Nikaragva (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Nikaragva (lt) f
• Luhya: Nikaragwa
• Luo: Nikaragwa
• Macedonian: Никара́гва (mk) f (Nikarágva)
• Malay: Nicaragua
• Maori: Nikarāhua
• Meru: Nikaragwa
• Mongolian: Никарагуа (Nikaragua)
• Norman: Nicaragua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nicaragua

  Nynorsk: Nicaragua (nn)

• Pashto: نیکاراگوا (nīkārāgwā)
• Persian: نیکاراگوئه (nikârâgu'e)
• Polish: Nikaragua (pl)
• Portuguese: Nicarágua (pt)
• Romanian: Nicaragua (ro) f
• Russian: Никара́гуа (ru) f (Nikarágua)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Никарагва f

  Roman: Nikaragva (sh) f

• Sinhalese: නිකරගුවා (nikaraguwā)
• Slovak: Nikaragua f
• Slovene: Nikaragva (sl) f
• Spanish: Nicaragua (es)
• Swahili: Nikaragwa (sw)
• Swedish: Nicaragua (sv)
• Tagalog: Nikaragwa
• Tajik: Никарагуа (Nikaragua)
• Tatar: Никарагуа (Nikarağuwa)
• Thai: นิการากัว (th) (ní-gaa-raa-guua)
• Tibetan: ནི་ཀ་ར་གུ་ཝ (ni ka ra gu wa)
• Turkish: Nikaragua (tr)
• Turkmen: Nikaragua
• Ukrainian: Нікара́гуа (uk) f (Nikaráhua)
• Urdu: نکاراگوا (nikārāgvā)
• Uzbek: Nikaragua (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ni-ca-ra-goa
• Yiddish: ניקאַראַגואַ (nikaragua)
• Yoruba: NIkaragua

See also

• Managua
• (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

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Asturian

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua

Derived terms

• nicaraguanu

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Catalan

Proper noun

Nicaragua f

1. Nicaragua

Derived terms

• nicaragüenc

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nicaragua ? n

1. Nicaragua

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Finnish

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua

Declension

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 — —

Derived terms

• nicaragualainen

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German

Alternative forms

• Nikaragua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nikaˈʁaːɡua/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nicaragua n (proper noun, strong, genitive Nicaraguas)

1. Nicaragua

Derived terms

• Nicaraguaner
• Nicaraguanerin
• nicaraguanisch
• Nicaraguasee

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua

Declension

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	—

Derived terms

• nicaraguai

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Italian

Proper noun

Nicaragua f

1. Nicaragua

Derived terms

• nicaraguense

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ni.kaˈra.ɡu.a/, [nɪkäˈräɡuä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.kaˈra.ɡu.a/, [nikäˈräːɡuä]

Proper noun

Nicaragua f sg (genitive Nicaraguae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Nicaragua

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua

Related terms

• nicaraguaner
• nicaraguansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua

Related terms

• nicaraguan, nicaraguanar
• nicaraguansk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nikaˈɾaɡwa/ [ni.kaˈɾa.ɣ̞wa]

Etymology

Unknown. One theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, 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.)

Proper noun

Nicaragua f

1. Nicaragua

Derived terms

• nica
• nicaragüense

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Swedish

Proper noun

Nicaragua n (genitive Nicaraguas)

1. Nicaragua