Nicaragua

See also: Nicarágua

English

Etymology

From the native name Nicarao + Spanish agua (“water”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Nicaragua

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

Related terms

• Nicaraguan
• Nicaragua wood

Translations

a country in Central America

• Abkhaz: Никарагуа (Nikʼaragwa)
• 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 (bn) (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) n
• Dhivehi: ނިކަރާގުއާ (nikarāguā)
• Dutch: Nicaragua (nl) n
• Esperanto: Nikaragvo (eo)
• Estonian: Nicaragua (et)
• Finnish: Nicaragua (fi)
• French: Nicaragua (fr) m
• Georgian: ნიკარაგუა (niḳaragua)
• German: Nicaragua (de) n
• Greek: Νικαράγουα (el) f (Nikarágoua)
• Hebrew: נִיקָרָגוּאָה (he) f (nikaragua)
• Hindi: निकारागुआ (hi) m (nikārāguā)
• Hungarian: Nicaragua (hu)
• Icelandic: Níkaragva (is) n, Nikaragúa (is) n
• Indonesian: Nikaragua (id)
• Interlingua: Nicaragua
• Italian: Nicaragua (it) m
• Japanese: ニカラグア (ja) (Nikaragua)
• Kalenjin: Nikaragwa
• Kamba: Nikaragwa
• Kazakh: Никарагуа (kk) (Nikaragua)
• Khmer: នីការ៉ាហ្គ័រ (niikaaraagɔə)
• Kikuyu: Nikaragwa
• Korean: 니카라과 (ko) (Nikaragwa), 니까라과 (ko) (Nikkaragwa) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Nîkaragua (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Никарагуа (Nikaragua)
• 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:

  Cyrillic: Никарагуа (Nikaragua)

• Norman: Nicaragua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nicaragua n

  Nynorsk: Nicaragua (nn) n

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

  Cyrillic: Никара̀гва f

  Roman: Nikaràgva (sh) f

• Sinhalese: නිකරගුවා (nikaraguwā)
• Slovak: Nikaragua f
• Slovene: Nikaragva (sl) f
• Spanish: Nicaragua (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Nikaragwa
• Swahili: Nikaragwa (sw)
• Swedish: Nicaragua (sv) n
• 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)
• Tigrinya: ኒካራጓ (nikaragʷa)
• Turkish: Nikaragua (tr)
• Turkmen: Nikaragua
• Ukrainian: Нікара́гуа (uk) f (Nikaráhua)
• Urdu: نکاراگوا m (nikārāguā)
• Uyghur: نىكاراگۇئا (nikaragu'a)
• Uzbek: Nikaragua (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ni-ca-ra-goa
• Welsh: Nicaragwa
• Yiddish: ניקאַראַגואַ (nikaragua)
• Yoruba: Nikarágúà

See also

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

Asturian

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• nicaraguanu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ni.kəˈɾa.ɣwə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ni.kaˈɾa.ɣwa]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Nicaragua f

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• nicaragüenc

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Danish

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• nicaraguaner
• nicaraguansk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nicaragua ? n

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Nicaragua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnikɑrɑɡuɑ/, [ˈnikɑ̝ˌrɑ̝ɡuɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡuɑ

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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

 

compounds

• nicaraguantaskurotta

 

German

Alternative forms

• Nikaragua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nikaˈʁaːɡua/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

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

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• Nicaraguaner
• nicaraguanisch
• Nicaraguasee

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nicaragua f

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• nicaraguense

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 (a country in Central America)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nicaragua
genitive	Nicaraguae
dative	Nicaraguae
accusative	Nicaraguam
ablative	Nicaraguā
vocative	Nicaragua

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• nicaraguaner
• nicaraguansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nicaragua

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• nicaraguan, nicaraguanar
• nicaraguansk

Spanish

Etymology

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

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

• Audio (Mexico):

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• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: Ni‧ca‧ra‧gua

Proper noun

Nicaragua f

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• nica
• nicaragüense
• nicaragüeño

 

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nicaragua n (genitive Nicaraguas)

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• nicaraguan
• nicaraguansk
• nicaraguanska

Further reading

• Nicaragua in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH