General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Nicaragua
- Official English country name: The Republic of Nicaragua
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Nicaraguan
- Demonym(s): Nicaraguan (English), Nicaragüense (Spanish), Nica (Spanish)
- International rankings of Nicaragua
- ISO country codes: NI, NIC, 558
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NI
- Internet country code top-level domain: .ni
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