Etymology of Nicaragua: A merger coined by the Spanish explorer Gil González Dávila after Nicarao, a leader of an indigenous community inhabiting the shores of Lake Nicaragua and agua, the Spanish word for "water"; subsequently, the ethnonym of that native community
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Nicaragua is known for a lot of lakes and volcanoes. The country is home to two largest freshwater lakes in Central America, Lake Managua, and Lake Nicaragua