# Nicaragua
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌnɪk.əɹˈæɡ.ju.ə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Nicaragua
* A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.

#### Related terms

* Nicaraguan
* Nicaragua wood

#### Translations
### See also

* Managua
* Belize
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Nicaragua
* Panama

## Asturian
### Proper noun

Nicaragua
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* nicaraguanu

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ni.kəˈɾa.ɣwə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ni.kaˈɾa.ɣwa]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Nicaragua f
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* nicaragüenc

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Nicaragua
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Nicaragua
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* nicaraguaner
* nicaraguansk

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Nicaragua ? n
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish Nicaragua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnikɑrɑɡuɑ/, [ˈnikɑ̝ˌrɑ̝ɡuɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑɡuɑ

### Proper noun

Nicaragua
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Declension

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
* nicaraguantaskurotta

## German
### Alternative forms

* Nikaragua

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nikaˈʁaːɡua/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Nicaragua n (proper noun, genitive Nicaraguas or (optionally with an article) Nicaragua)
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* Nicaraguaner
* nicaraguanisch
* Nicaraguasee

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnikɒrɒɡuɒ]
* Hyphenation: Ni‧ca‧ra‧gua
* Rhymes: -ɒ

### Proper noun

Nicaragua
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* nicaraguai

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ni.kaˈra.ɡwa/
* Rhymes: -aɡwa
* Hyphenation: Ni‧ca‧rà‧gua

### Proper noun

Nicaragua f
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* nicaraguense

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ni.kaˈra.ɡu.a/, [nɪkäˈräɡuä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ni.kaˈra.ɡu.a/, [nikäˈräːɡuä]

### Proper noun

Nicaragua f sg (genitive Nicaraguae); first declension
* (New Latin) Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Nicaragua
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* nicaraguaner
* nicaraguansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Nicaragua
* 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: /nikaˈɾaɡwa/ [ni.kaˈɾa.ɣ̞wa]
* Audio (Mexico):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡwa
* Syllabification: Ni‧ca‧ra‧gua

### Proper noun

Nicaragua f
* Nicaragua (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* nica
* nicaragüense
* nicaragüeño

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Nicaragua n (genitive Nicaraguas)
* 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