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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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Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera died from health complications after nearly three years in detention and despite US appeals for his release, the health ministry said Sunday.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

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

Belli, who lives in Spain after the government stripped her of her Nicaraguan nationality in 2023, explores the theme of betrayal in her novel "A Silence Full of Whispers."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The U.S. actions in Venezuela give hope to immigrants from other Latin American countries, said Porras, the Doral city council member, who is of Nicaraguan descent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 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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