Miskito

Miskito
noun (plural Miskito or Miskitos) Etymology: earlier Musketa, Moskita, from Spanish Mosquito, from Miskito mɨskito, probably a self-designation Date: 1688 1. a member of an American Indian people of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras 2. the language of the Miskito people

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