Nicaraguan Revolution

English

Collage of the Nicaraguan Revolution (sense 1)

Pronunciation

• enPR: nĭk′ə-rä′gwən rĕv′ə-lo͞o′shən
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑː.ɡwən ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwən ˌɹɛv.əˈlu.ʃən/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɒ.ɡwən ˌɹɛv.əˈlu.ʃən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɐː.ɡwən ˌɹev.əˈlʉː.ʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌnək.əˈɹɐː.ɡwən ˌɹev.əˈlʉː.ʃən/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹa.ɡwən ˌɹɛv.əˈlʉ.ʃən/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌnik.aˈɾaː.ɡwan ˌɾev.oˈluː.ʃon/
• Hyphenation: Ni‧ca‧ra‧guan rev‧o‧lu‧tion

Proper noun

the Nicaraguan Revolution

2. (Nicaragua) A period of armed conflict in Nicaragua from 1978 to 1990 between the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the ruling Somoza dictatorship. After 1979 it also involved the Contras.

Translations

20. century armed conflict in Nicaragua

• Spanish: Revolución Nicaragüense, Revolución Popular Sandinista