Miskito
Americannoun
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Miskitos,
plural
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Miskito
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a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Nicaragua and adjacent areas of Honduras.
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the language of the Miskito.
adjective
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Miskito
First recorded in 1770–80; from Spanish Mosquito, from Miskito Miskito, a self-designation of uncertain orign
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It is the first significant escalation of Miskito migration to the U.S. since the Nicaraguan civil war of the 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
In distant villages inhabited by Indigenous people known as the Miskito, homes were leveled and growing fields were ravaged.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
But what happened within the Miskito Community is, developing these symptoms, there was a sophisticated language that said to the community, "I need help."
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2021
The Miskito complaints are similar to problems that led to confrontations in neighbouring Nicaragua earlier this year.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2015
On the Caribbean Coast, an estimated 1,000 Miskito Indian rebels are divided into two rival factions and poorly equipped.
From Time Magazine Archive
Publicly, the government has sided with the Miskitos.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2017
When the newcomers began to outnumber locals, the Miskitos, who had long tolerated the presence of mestizos on their territories, demanded they leave.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2017
Honduran Miskitos and other groups are demanding the government help them protect their territory in the swampy, heavily forested region.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2015
Last month 300 delegates convened at Puerto Cabezas to organize a regional Indian council that is ostensibly designed to give the Miskitos a recognized political voice.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Miskitos and the much less numerous Sumos and Ramas make up at most 4% of Nicaragua's 2.9 million people.
From Time Magazine Archive
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