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Nicaraguan

British  
/ -ɡwən, ˌnɪkəˈræɡjʊən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Nicaragua or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Bianca Jagger, a Nicaraguan human rights activist and former wife of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme that she held the Ortega regime responsible for Rivera's death.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Exiled Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli said on Wednesday that the government censored the publication of her latest novel in her home country because it is "afraid" to hear the truth.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Alemán said Dogu initially had a good relationship with the Nicaraguan government, including a personal friendship with then-first lady and current co-President Rosario Murillo.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Nicaraguan opposition figures, many now exiled, remember Dogu as an accessible diplomat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

The son of a Nicaraguan diplomat, he set Good Boys in a world he knew well: a posh suburb of Washington, D.C., and an elite high school he called St. Joseph’s Preparatory School for Boys.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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