Definition of Nicaragua in English:
Nicaragua
The largest country in Central America, with a coastline on both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean; population 6,100,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Spanish; capital, Managua.
尼加拉瓜（中美洲最大的国家，临太平洋和大西洋；2009年估计人口5, 891, 200；官方语言西班牙语；首都马那瓜）
Colonized by the Spaniards, Nicaragua broke away from Spain in 1821 and, after brief membership of the United Provinces of Central America, became an independent republic in 1838. In 1979 the dictator Anastasio Somoza was overthrown by a popular revolution; the new left-wing Sandinista regime then faced a counter-revolutionary guerrilla campaign by the US-backed Contras. In the 1990 election the Sandinistas lost power to an opposition coalition
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Definition of Nicaragua in US English:
Nicaragua
A country, the largest, in Central America, with a coastline on both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans; population 6,100,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Managua; official language, Spanish.
尼加拉瓜（中美洲最大的国家，临太平洋和大西洋；2009年估计人口5, 891, 200；官方语言西班牙语；首都马那瓜）Colonized by the Spaniards, Nicaragua broke away from Spain in 1821 and became an independent republic in 1838. In 1979, the dictator Anastasio Somoza was overthrown by a popular revolution; the new left-wing Sandinista regime then faced a counterrevolutionary guerrilla campaign by the US-backed Contras. The Sandinistas lost power to an opposition coalition in the 1990 election and were defeated again in 1996 and 2001