Miskito
Americannoun
-
Miskitos,
plural
-
Miskito
plural
-
a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Nicaragua and adjacent areas of Honduras.
-
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
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
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
In 2019, Miskito community leader Juan Carlos Ocampo brought a complaint of land invasion to government authorities, which they declined to investigate.
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
More unsettling for the contras was Miskito Leader Brooklyn Rivera's decision to travel to Managua for peace talks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unable to withstand the harsh living conditions, many Miskitos are returning home.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2017
Publicly, the government has sided with the Miskitos.
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
Beginning in mid-December 1981 the government, suspecting the Indians of aiding anti-Sandinista guerrillas based in Honduras, forcibly moved the Miskitos some 50 miles from the Honduran border.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
