Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Nicaragua, in the western part of the country on the southern shore of Lake Managua. The city, designated as the capital in the 1850s, has frequently been damaged by earthquakes.
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- proper noun The
capital and largestcity ofNicaragua - proper noun A
department ofNicaragua
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- noun the capital and largest city of Nicaragua
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Examples
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A general lack of infrastructure outside the Pacific/Managua regions, and a turbulent relationship between the indigenous and Caribbean peoples of the Atlantic coast and the central government in Managua is everpresent.
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This text was translated by Stuart Phil Cournoyer in Managua, Nicaragua.
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In the name of creative license, * Artist* Guillermo Habacuc Vargas from Costa Rica, paid five children a few dollars each to find a starving dog in Managua, bring it to a Gallery where he was showcasing his art, just to let the dog die.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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This text was translated by Stuart Phil Cournoyer in Managua, Nicaragua.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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I also have to find some time to make a trip to the Nica Immigration office in Managua and beg them to extend my visa, so I can stay for Semana Santa, and go to the Isla de Ometepe with Andrea.
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Finally, after a long, crazy, but successful day of shopping for things I have no clue about in Managua, I strolled towards home, and took a moment to sit in the park and relax.
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Thomas Stargardter, photo editor for the national newspaper in Managua, Nicaragua asks, Your civil war project impressed me alot.
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Arriving in Managua after dark (yuck), we took a taxi directly to a cheap (bizzare) hotel.
Ometepe « Wanderings 2006
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Sam and I met up in Managua on Friday and caught an afternoon bus up into the mountains.
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Ave Maria has a nationally recognized Language Institute (probably better even that anything you might find in Managua), and I went there this morning in search of advice.
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