Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of eastern Nicaragua and northeast Honduras. A British protectorate from 1655 to 1860, it then became an autonomous state known as the Mosquito Kingdom. In 1894 Nicaragua appropriated the territory, and in 1960 the northern part was awarded to Honduras by the International Court of Justice.
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Examples
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Still passing southward, he passed what we call the Mosquito Coast, to which he found the natives gave the name of Cariay.
The life of Christopher Columbus: from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time. 1891
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What the Honduran authorities have said is there are very vulnerable indigenous communities on the so-called Mosquito Coast, up to 14,000 Indians.
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This was and still is called the Mosquito Coast, a very loosely populated, very remote area of Nicaragua.
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America commonly called the Mosquito Coast, and covering the entire length of the State of Nicaragua and a part of Costa Rica; that she regarded the Balize as her absolute domain and was gradually extending its limits at the expense of the State of Honduras, and, that she had formally colonized a considerable insular group known as the Bay
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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America commonly called the Mosquito Coast, and covering the entire length of the State of Nicaragua and a part of Costa Rica; that she regarded the Balize as her absolute domain and was gradually extending its limits at the expense of the State of Honduras, and that she had formally colonized a considerable insular group known as the Bay
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 3: Franklin Pierce 1878
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America commonly called the Mosquito Coast, and covering the entire length of the State of Nicaragua and a part of Costa Rica; that she regarded the
State of the Union Address Franklin Pierce 1836
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If you think your commute's bad, take a walk in the flippers of the Mosquito Coast's divers.
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Fabio, who desperately needs to win this competition, took the bag for Star Wars: Episode II: The Empire Strikes Back, but the answer was The Mosquito Coast.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Fetuses Gone Wild! Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Fabio, who desperately needs to win this competition, took the bag for Star Wars: Episode II: The Empire Strikes Back, but the answer was The Mosquito Coast.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Fetuses Gone Wild! Tallulah Morehead 2010
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In his fiction, he has given us a dreaming wanderer (_Saint Jack_), castaways (_The Mosquito Coast_), Anglophiles (_The London Embassy_), and expatriates (_The Consul's File_ and _Koloon Tong_).
Beard 2010
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