Sandinista

[ san-duh-nee-stuh; Spanish sahn-dee-nees-tah ]

noun

, plural San·di·nis·tas [san-d, uh, -, nee, -st, uh, z, sahn-dee-, nees, -tahs].

1. a member of the Nicaraguan revolutionary movement that took control of Nicaragua in 1979.

Sandinista

/ ˌsændɪˈniːstə /

noun

1. 1. one of a left-wing group of revolutionaries who overthrew President Somoza in 1979 and formed a socialist coalition government. The Sandinistas were opposed militarily by the US-backed Contras during the 1980s and were defeated in a general election in 1990
   2. ( as modifier )

      the Sandinista revolution

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sandinista¹

First recorded in 1925–30, in sense “supporter of Sandino”; from Latin American Spanish; Sandino, -ist

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sandinista¹

C20: from Spanish, named after Augusto César Sandino a Nicaraguan general and rebel leader, murdered in 1933

Example Sentences

And I remember once there was a Nicaraguan Sandinista incursion in Honduras and the Nicaraguans denied it.

From The Daily Beast

But the consul denied there had been any kind of direct Sandinista pressure to cut off funding for the group.

From The Daily Beast

It showed a group of heavily armed Sandinista guerrillas huddled in the jungles of Nicaragua with big grins on their faces.

From The Daily Beast

For example, some of the critical articles said I was personally directing Contra operations [of the anti-Sandinista rebels].

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