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nicaragua

UK/ˌnɪk.əˈɹæɡ.ju.ə/US/ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwə/
nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,256 of 15,258leans written

Nicaragua is the biggest Central American country, a land of lakes and volcanoes. Travel to Nicaragua, born in Nicaragua, the west of Nicaragua.

Lake Nicaragua is the largest lake in Central America and holds sharks that came up the river and adapted to fresh water. A chain of volcanoes runs down the western side, and several of them are active.

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Definitions of nicaragua

  1. 1nounnicaraguaA country in Central America.B2+

    “Managua is the capital of Nicaragua.”

nicaragua is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Spanish

    Nicaragua

  2. English

    Nicaragua

  3. English, today

    nicaragua

Nicaragua Spanish Nicaragua, from Nicarao + agua.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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