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  Nicarao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicarao is the name of the then-leader and/or the capital city of the most populous indigenous tribe when the Spanish arrived in Nicaragua.
The Spaniards came up with this Central American country's name by combining Nicarao and the Spanish word Agua, meaning water, after the two large lakes in the west of the country, Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua.
This page was last modified 06:48, 21 July 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicarao   (91 words)

  
 Looking Back At The 2001 Softball Tournament
The punishment, however, that was handed down to Nicarao was not as drastic as the one given to Moscos.
Nicarao committed almost exactly the same offense as Moscos but only received warnings of being disbarred from playing in any future tournaments and a monetary fine.
Nicarao, like Moscos, should have gotten the same retribution for their lack of sportsmanship.
bluefieldspulse.com /2001tournament.htm   (671 words)

  
 lifestyle-cigars-nicarao-tabacos-de-nicaragua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Entirely hand-rolled, the Nicarao cigars are manufactured from the leaves of the best tobacco plants that have been selected and cultivated in our plantations located at the two best production zones in Nicaragua.
The smooth and stout Nicarao cigars flatter the feelings of the smoker through their rich and original aromas.
This originality and aromatic richness of the Nicarao cigars are as a result of excellent assemblage of the tobacco leaves harvested in the two best regions of Nicaragua: Esteli and Jalapa.
www.automobilsport.com /lifestyle-cigars-nicarao-tabacos-de-nicaragua---430.html   (545 words)

  
 Nicaragua, History guide
These people called themselves the Niquirano and were governed by chief Nicarao, a rich cacique (chief) from near present-day Rivas who came to be called Nicaragua by the Spanish, giving the modern country its name.
In 1522 Nicarao welcomed Gil Gonzalez de Avila, an intrepid explorer who had made his way to Nicaragua on foot and by boat from Panama and Costa Rica, becoming the first Spaniard to arrive in the area.
The inhabitants of central Nicaragua, the Chontales, Matagalpas and Populucas, were a different ethnic group, related to the Maya of Honduras, and offered far more resistance to the Spanish, though their language and peoples did not survive the Conquest.
www.hotelsrates.net /nicaragua/pod_dep-c87635.html   (355 words)

  
 Nicaragua Pre-Columbian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In Managua near the crater lake of Acahualinca are some very well preserved human and animal footprints of what appears to be the remains of a mass fleeing of a volcanic eruption 600 years ago.
The most interesting pre-Columbian remains were left by the unnamed and understudied pre-Chorotega cultures who left many stone petroglyphs, and by the Chorotegas themselves, in the form of numerous large basalt figures found on the Lake Nicaragua islands of Zapatera and Ometepe.
The Nicarao were a peaceful culture and 16th century Spanish chroniclers described their land as the most fertile and productive they had ever seen in the Americas.
www.grupofenix.org /Nicaragua_Info/Pre-Columbian_History/pre-columbian_history.html   (439 words)

  
 In The News: U of C archaeology project rewrites Nicaraguan history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Nicarao people, according to the histories written by the Spanish conquistadors, migrated from Mexico in the 13th century to the area now known as Nicaragua, and were closely related to the Aztecs.
But evidence gathered from what is believed to be the ancient capital of the Nicarao now suggests there were very few similarities between them and their supposed forebears from central Mexico.
The burial site showed that the Nicarao often used burial urns, or else placed the bodies on their sides and facing west.
www.ucalgary.ca /news/august04/nicaragua/index.html   (802 words)

  
 Internet Rights - APC
In June, Nicarao began offering Webmail, which allows any Nicarao user to access their email via a Web browser, from any part of the world.
Nicarao also debuted a 64K wireless Internet connection, which will improve connectivity and server access for their end-users.
On June 29, Nicarao and CRIES (Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Economicas y Sociales)opened its doors to host the first meeting of LINUX.net, a group of free software devotees who are interested in promoting development of applications running on LINUX.  There are now two LINUX initiatives in Nicaragua. 
www.apc.org /english/rights/fulltext.shtml?sh_itm=c12e62a14bd442acfbacc8aac0cec5f5   (180 words)

  
 CMC in Latin America NGOs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Together with Alternex, Nicarao was the first to provide electronic communication services to the NGO community in Latin America, from its base at the Regional Coordination for Social and Economic Research (CRIES) in Managua, Nicaragua.
Users would pay long distance calls to the provider in Nicaragua, until commercial Internet providers started to be introduced in the neighboring countries, and most of them switched to avoid the long distance phone costs that were added to their service fees.
Nicarao established a permanent link with the Internet backbone early in 1996, although there were already at least two other such permanent connections in the country.
www.funredes.org /is-ntic/cmc_latin_america.html   (1284 words)

  
 Central American Defense Council—Some Problems and Achievements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Operation Nicarao was an example of international cooperation in troop training for regional defense.
The naval forces were composed of elements from the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and Nicaragua, and the combined exercise air force was composed of elements from EI Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the United States Air Forces, Southern Command.
A beachhead was established by amphibious forces on the coast south of town, and the guerrillas were rapidly pushed back into the town where there were pockets of resistance until D + 3.
www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1969/mar-apr/smithl.html   (3884 words)

  
 Nicaragua - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The pre-columbian Nicarao came to the area from northern regions after the fall of Teotihuacán, on the advice of their priests or religious leaders.
According to tradition, they were to travel south until they encountered a lake with two volcanoes rising out of the waters, and stopped when they reached Ometepe, the largest fresh-water volcanic island in the world.
Nicaragua's pre-Colombian population consisted of the Nahuatl-speaking Nicarao people of the west after whom the country is named, and six other ethnic groups including the Miskitos, Ramas and Sumos along the Caribbean coast.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Nicaragua   (3004 words)

  
 Nahua Newsletter 18
Skillfully drawing upon the conjunctive approach of mining data from history, linguistics, ecology, and to a lesser extent, archaeology, he meticulously reconstructs and analyzes the cultural evolution of the two groups.
In the absence of surviving native texts, Fowler relies upon primary historical sources, and he is to be commended for his extensive research in colonial archives in Spain and Central America.
The evidence he presents does not explicitly address his contention that the distance of the Pipil and Nicarao from the core makes it possible "to detect and analyze the forces and direction of change at the periphery" (p.
www.ipfw.edu /soca/Nahua18.html   (10866 words)

  
 Nicaragua Holidays - Lost Civilisations of Nicaragua
When the Spanish explorer Gil Gonzalez Davila met and embraced the mighty Nicarao chief Nicaragua, on the shores of Lake Cocibolca, the fate of a people was sealed.
Including, among others, visits to Malu a Nicarao burial site and Nindiri, today a small village, but for the last 1,500 years before the first contact with the Spaniards the most densely populated settlement in the area.
Visit of the famous meeting place of the great Nicarao chief, Nicaragua and the original Spanish explorer.
www.condorjourneys-adventures.com /nicaragua_nicarao.asp   (849 words)

  
 Nicaragua
The hospitality and civility of the Nicaraguans made a significant impression when Chief Nicarao welcomed Captain Gil Gonzalez Dávila.
Chief Nicarao´s cunning and intelligence surprised the Spanish conquistador who intended to explore beyond the lakes.
They were unsuccessful due to the resistance of Chief Diriangén, who forced the invaders to return to Panama.Nicaragua became independent from Spain on September 15, 1821, when the five provinces of Central America united.
www.loogootee.k12.in.us /high/classes/spanish2/group1/jeana.htm   (712 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - Nicarao (Steam merchant)
At 04.15 hours on 16 May, 1942, the unescorted Nicarao (Master Cecil Desmond) was hit by one torpedo from U-751 north of San Salvador, Bahamas.
The torpedo was spotted by the master about 20 feet from the ship and struck on the starboard side just forward of the #2 hold.
If you can help us with any additional information on this vessel then please contact us.
uboat.net /allies/merchants/1657.html   (264 words)

  
 Cacique Nicarao, Monumento en Managua
Gil Gonzalez Davila entró a Nicaragua por el sur del actual departamento de Rivas, cerca de San Jorge y se encontró con el jefe de los nicaraguas, con quien entró en pláticas para proponerles que se sometieran al dominio del Rey de España y se convirtieran al catolicismo.
El cacique Nicarao, lo acogió amistosamente, aceptando la religión cristiana y permitiendo que muchos indios de su tribu se bautizaran.
Nicarao envió al conquistador español donde el Cacique Diriangen, pero este atacó a los soldados españoles obligandolos a retirarse.
www.manfut.org /monumentos/nicarao.html   (1061 words)

  
 NIST 2003
5-Congratulation to Nicarao New York softball team for winning the 2003 NIST championship held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
The championship did not come easy because the official short stop for Nicarao, Mr.
Marlon Cash, fractured his leg and had to undergo surgery.
bluefieldspulse.com /nist_2003.htm   (995 words)

  
 OAS Children's Page
He met the Indian chiefs, Nicoya and Diriangen, and then discovered a vast stretch of water, a great lake known to the natives as Cocibolca.
The story goes that the Spandish Andalusians of Gil Gonzalez de Avila, who founded the town of Granada on the South bank of this great lake, called the lake "Agua de Nicarao", the Lake of Nicarao, which was the name of the Indian chief they met in 1523.
The name subsequently became the Lake of Nicaragua.
www.oas.org /children/members/History/Nicaragua.html   (2694 words)

  
 :: Tabacalera Tropical ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Introducing Condega, Lempira, Nicarao, and Buena Cosecha brands.
Cigar smokers everywhere are all fired up about Tabacalera Tropical's four distinctive new brands.
Those who seek a more unique taste, will love Nicarao, with its full-body and beautiful aroma.
www.tabacaleratropical.com /whatnew.asp   (130 words)

  
 Nicarao Robusto -Newbie reveiw - Cigar Forum
From: Port Allegany, Pennsylvania (middle of the woods)
Well I just got done with a poop day at work and decided I would have one of my recently ordered Nicarao Robustos.
These cigars are made with Nicaraguan fillers and a Corojo 99 wrapper.
www.cigarpass.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=11636   (410 words)

  
 CigarCyclopedia.com - Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedias of Cigars
You can try these remarkable cigars for just $18.95 to $26.95, depending on size.
If you are a fan of caramelized flavor, try Nicarao.
See if they are some of the best you have tried, at any price!
www.cigarcyclopedia.com /news/news.php?c=journal&id=154   (883 words)

  
 NicaWorld
NicaWorld is the new place for people who are looking for the honest information on Nicaragua, Central America.
Our presence on the WEB was known as "www.nicarao.com" - Centro de Información Internacional Nicarao.
Nuestra presencia en el WEB fue conocida como "www.nicarao.com" - Centro de Información Internacional Nicarao.
webpost.net /ni/nicaworld   (490 words)

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