nicaraguan

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua

   BroaderCentral American

   NarrowerContra

   Part ofNicaragua

1. 1.

   of or relating to Nicaragua or is people

   “Nicaraguan earthquakes”

Other forms of nicaraguan

plural

nicaraguans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nicaraguan

What does nicaraguan mean?

nicaraguan means "a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nicaraguan?

nicaraguan has 4 syllables: nic-a-ra-guan. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˌnɪkɚˈɑɡwən/.

Is nicaraguan a common word?

nicaraguan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.