Managua

See also: Manágua

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Managua.

Proper noun

Managua

1. The capital and largest city of Nicaragua.
2. A department of Nicaragua.

Translations

capital of Nicaragua

• Arabic: مَانَاغْوَا f (mānāḡwā)
• Armenian: Մանագուա (Managua)
• Belarusian: Мана́гуа f (Manáhua)
• Bulgarian: Мана́гуа f (Manágua)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬納瓜／马纳瓜 (Mǎnàguā)

• Czech: Managua (cs) f
• Danish: Managua
• Esperanto: Managvo (eo)
• Georgian: მანაგუა (managua)
• Japanese: マナグア (ja) (Managua)
• Khmer: ម៉ាណាហ្កា (km) (maanaahkaa)
• Korean: 마나과 (Managwa)
• Macedonian: Манагва f (Managva)
• Marathi: मानाग्वा (mānāgvā)
• Persian: ماناگوآ (mânâgv-â)
• Polish: Managua (pl) f
• Portuguese: Manágua (pt) f
• Russian: Мана́гуа (ru) f (Manágua)
• Spanish: Managua (es) f
• Ukrainian: Мана́гуа f (Manáhua)
• Vietnamese: Ma-na-goa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanaɡua]

Proper noun

Managua f (related adjective managujský)

1. Managua (the capital city of Nicaragua)

Declension

Declension of Managua (sg-only feminine in -oa/-ua)

	singular
nominative	Managua
genitive	Managuy
dative	Managui
accusative	Managuu
vocative	Managuo
locative	Managui
instrumental	Managuou

Further reading

• Managua in Internetová jazyková příručka

Portuguese

Proper noun

Managua f

1. Alternative spelling of Manágua

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanaɡua]

Proper noun

Managua f (genitive singular Managuy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Managua (the capital of Nicaragua)

References

• “Managua”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈnaɡwa/ [maˈna.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: Ma‧na‧gua

Proper noun

Managua f

1. Managua (the capital city of Nicaragua)
   • 2023 February 10, Iker Seisdedos, “Relatos de la peor mazmorra de Nicaragua: “Nos engrillaban para dormir o cuando nos llevaban al ‘túnel’. Allí te esperaban los golpes””, in El País‎^[1]:

     El Infiernillo carga la fama de ser la peor mazmorra de Managua.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Managua (a department of Nicaragua)

Derived terms

• managüense