Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua (). The country's name is a portmanteau of Nicarao, the name of the Nahuatl-speaking tribe which inhabited the shores of Lake Nicaragua before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and the Spanish word , meaning water, due to the presence of the large lakes 'Lake Nicaragua" and Lake Managua in the region.

At the time of the Spanish conquest, Nicaragua was the name given to the narrow strip of land between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean. Chief Nicarao ruled over that land when the first conquerors arrived. The term was eventually applied, by extension, to the group that inhabited that region: the Nicaraos or Niquiranos.

The pre-Columbian Nicarao came to the area from northern regions after the fall of Teotihuacán, on the advice of their priests or religious leaders. According to tradition, they were to travel south until they encountered a lake with two volcanoes rising out of the waters, and stopped when they reached Ometepe, the largest fresh-water volcanic island in the world.

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Tropical development has occurred in the Caribbean just east of Nicaragua, mostly sunny, high of 83 in Orlando, FL today, cold in NY though.
WeatherARC (Melanie Dean) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:21:12 -0000
Tropical development has occurred in the Caribbean just east of Nicaragua, mostly sunny, high of 83 in Orlando, FL today, cold in NY though.
Agent: Vicente Padilla of Los Angeles Dodgers treated for minor self-inflicted gunshot wound in Nicaragua: Dodg.. http://bit.ly/44KuLf
baseballstuff (All About Baseball) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:18:37 -0000
Agent: Vicente Padilla of Los Angeles Dodgers treated for minor self-inflicted gunshot wound in Nicaragua: Dodg.. http://bit.ly/44KuLf
Agent: Vicente Padilla of Los Angeles Dodgers treated for minor self-inflicted gunshot wound in Nicaragua: Dodg.. http://bit.ly/44KuLf
espnmlb (espnmlb) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:17:35 -0000
Agent: Vicente Padilla of Los Angeles Dodgers treated for minor self-inflicted gunshot wound in Nicaragua: Dodg.. http://bit.ly/44KuLf
Agent: Vicente Padilla of Los Angeles Dodgers treated for minor self-inflicted gunshot wound in Nicaragua: Dodgers r... http://bit.ly/44KuLf
kIdMuScLe1 (kIdMuScLe) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:17:04 -0000
Agent: Vicente Padilla of Los Angeles Dodgers treated for minor self-inflicted gunshot wound in Nicaragua: Dodgers r... http://bit.ly/44KuLf
RT @BreakingNews Forecasters say tropical depression forms in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, tropical storm warning issued for Nicaragua.
kimgeralds (Kim Geralds) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:15:11 -0000
RT @BreakingNews Forecasters say tropical depression forms in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, tropical storm warning issued for Nicaragua.
$$ DJ NHC: Tropical Depression Forms Off Nicaragua = more Oil pop?
macheterosforvr (Luis Rodriguez) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:14:17 -0000
$$ DJ NHC: Tropical Depression Forms Off Nicaragua = more Oil pop?

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