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Nicaraguan
Variant of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
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Nica·ra·gua (nik′ə rä′gwə)
- country in Central America, on the Caribbean & the Pacific: declared itself independent from Spain (1821): 50,452 sq mi (130,670 sq km); pop. 4,395,000; cap. Managua
- lake in S Nicaragua: c. 3,100 sq mi (8,029 sq km)
Related Forms:
- Nicaraguan Nic′a·ra′·guan adjective, noun
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