Managua

See also: Manágua

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Managua.

Proper noun

Managua

1. The capital and largest city of Nicaragua.
2. A department of Nicaragua.

Translations

capital of Nicaragua

• Arabic: مَنَاغُوَة f (manāḡuwah)
• Armenian: Մանագուա (Managua)
• Belarusian: Мана́гуа f (Manáhua)
• Bulgarian: Мана́гуа f (Manágua)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬納瓜／马纳瓜 (Mǎnàguā)

• Czech: Managua (cs) f
• Danish: Managua
• Esperanto: Managvo (eo)
• Georgian: მანაგუა (managua)
• Japanese: マナグア (ja) (Managua)
• Khmer: ម៉ាណាហ្កា (km) (maanaahkaa)
• Korean: 마나과 (Managwa)
• Macedonian: Манагва f (Managva)
• Marathi: मानाग्वा (mānāgvā)
• Persian: ماناگوآ (mânâgv-â)
• Polish: Managua (pl) f
• Portuguese: Manágua (pt) f
• Russian: Мана́гуа (ru) f (Manágua)
• Spanish: Managua (es) f
• Ukrainian: Мана́гуа f (Manáhua)
• Vietnamese: Ma-na-goa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanaɡua]

Proper noun

Managua f (related adjective managujský)

1. Managua (the capital city of Nicaragua)

Declension

Declension of Managua (sg-only feminine in -oa/-ua)

	singular
nominative	Managua
genitive	Managuy
dative	Managui
accusative	Managuu
vocative	Managuo
locative	Managui
instrumental	Managuou

Further reading

• “Managua”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.naˈɡu.a/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: Ma‧na‧gu‧a

Proper noun

Managua f (related adjective managuański)

1. Managua (the capital of Nicaragua)

Declension

Declension of Managua

	singular
nominative	Managua
genitive	Managui
dative	Managui
accusative	Managuę
instrumental	Managuą
locative	Managui
vocative	Managuo

Derived terms

nouns

• managuanka
• managuańczyk

 

References

• Managua in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Managua f

1. Alternative spelling of Manágua

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanaɡua]

Proper noun

Managua f (genitive singular Managuy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Managua (the capital of Nicaragua)

References

• “Managua”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈnaɡwa/ [maˈna.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: Ma‧na‧gua

Proper noun

Managua f

1. Managua (the capital city of Nicaragua)
   • 2023 February 10, Iker Seisdedos, “Relatos de la peor mazmorra de Nicaragua: “Nos engrillaban para dormir o cuando nos llevaban al ‘túnel’. Allí te esperaban los golpes””, in El País‎^[1]:

     El Infiernillo carga la fama de ser la peor mazmorra de Managua.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Managua (a department of Nicaragua)

Derived terms

• managüense