Nicaraguan Revolution

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nĭk′ə-rä′gwən rĕv′ə-lo͞o′shən
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑː.ɡwən ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwən ˌɹɛv.əˈlu.ʃən/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɒ.ɡwən ˌɹɛv.əˈlu.ʃən/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɐː.ɡwən ˌɹev.əˈlʉː.ʃən/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌnək.əˈɹɐː.ɡwən ˌɹev.əˈlʉː.ʃən/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌnɪk.əˈɹa.ɡwən ˌɹɛv.əˈlʉ.ʃən/
  • (India) IPA(key): /ˌnik.aˈɾaː.ɡwan ˌɾev.oˈluː.ʃon/
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧ca‧ra‧guan rev‧o‧lu‧tion

Proper noun

the Nicaraguan Revolution

  2. (Nicaragua) A period of armed conflict in Nicaragua from 1978 to 1990 between the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the ruling Somoza dictatorship. After 1979 it also involved the Contras.

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