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
Other Word Forms
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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Apiñas and her family are part of a mass exodus of the Miskito Indigenous community, descendants of Indigenous people, Europeans and Africans.
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
Nearly 3,000 Miskito people have fled their homes in the northern Caribbean region since 2015 due to conflict, according to a report by the Oakland Institute, a research nonprofit in California.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2020
The Miskito complaints are similar to problems that led to confrontations in neighbouring Nicaragua earlier this year.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2015
I am a Laotian, a Cambodian, a Cuban and a Miskito Indian in Nicaragua.
From Time Magazine Archive
Publicly, the government has sided with the Miskitos.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2017
Miskitos admit some people have acted corruptly and have called for an investigation.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2017
The Miskitos believe this is partly why the government has allowed the violence on the Caribbean coast to continue unabated.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2017
The Miskitos so far have received only four land titles, totaling 37,152 acres, for nontraditional farming cooperatives at Tasba Pri.
From Time Magazine Archive
The commission recommended that the Sandinistas hold a conference of reconciliation with the Miskitos to improve the situation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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