Lake Nicaragua

Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada is a freshwater lake in . Of tectonic origin and with an area of 8,264 km2, it is the largest fresh water lake in , the 19th largest lake in the world and the tenth largest in the Americas, slightly smaller than .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: largest lake in Central America in Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “Cocibolca”, “Cocibolca aintzira”, “Cocibolca Asubɔnten”, “Cocibolca gölü”, “Cocibolca Gölü”, “Cocibolca järv”, “Cocibolca Loch”, “Cocibolca Ô͘”, “Cocibolca qucha”, “Cocibolca-See”, “Cocibolca-tó”, “Cocibolcaai”, “Cocibolcajärvi”, “Cocibolcameer”, “Cocibolcas ezers”, “Cocibolcasjøen”, “Cocibolcasjön”, “Cocibolcasøen”, “Cocibolcos ežeras”, “Danau Cocibolca”, “Danau Nicaragua”, “Gola Cocibolca”, “Gran Lago de Nicaragua”, “Granada”, “Granada järv”, “Hồ Cocibolca”, “Jazero Cocibolca”, “Jezero Cocibolca”, “Jezero Kokibolka”, “Jezero Nicaragua”, “Jezioro Cocibolca”, “Ka Loko Cocibolca”, “Kokibolka ko‘li”, “la .kocibolcas. lalxu”, “lac Cocibolca”, “Lacul Cocibolca”, “Lacul Granada”, “Lacus Cocibolcae”, “Lake Cocibolca”, “Lake of Nicaragua”, “Lanaw Cocibolca”, “Lenn Cocibolca”, “Liqeni Cocibolca”, “llac Cocibolca”, “Llac Nicaragua”, “Llyn Cocibolca”, “Meer Cocibolca”, “Nicaragua”, “Nicaragua-See”, “Nicaragua-søen”, “Nikaragua lakua”, “Tasik Cocibolca”, “Ziwa Cocibolca”, “Κοσίμπολκα”, “Λίμνη Κοσιμπολκά”, “Езеро Кокиболка”, “Езерото Никарагуа”, “Језеро Кокиболка”, “Касіболька”, “Кокиболка көлі”, “Кокиболка кӳлӗ”, “Кокиболка күле”, “Кокиболка нуур”, “Кокиболка озеро”, “Нікараґуа”, “Озеро Кокиболька”, “Озеро Кокіболька”, “კოკიბოლკას ტბა”, “ტბა ნიკარაგუა”, “լիճ Նիկարագուա”, “Կոկիբոլկա լիճ”, “אגם קוסיבולקה”, “بحيرة كوكيبولكا”, “جھیل کوکیبولکا”, “دریاچه کوکیبولکا”, “دریاچه نیکاراگوآ”, “دریاچهٔ نیکاراگوآ”, “دریاچهٔ نیکاراگوئه”, “دریاچه نیکاراگوا”, “دریاچهٔ نیکاراگوا”, “कोकिबोल्का झील”, “कोकिबोल्का तलाव”, “कोसिबोल्का ताल”, “কোকিবোলকা হ্রদ”, “ਕੋਕਿਬੋਲਕਾ ਝੀਲ”, “કોકિબોલકા સરોવર”, “கோகிபோல்கா ஏரி”, “కోకిబోల్కా సరస్సు”, “ಕೋಕಿಬೋಲ್ಕಾ ಸರೋವರ”, “കോസിബോൾക്ക തടാകം”, “කොකිබෝල්කා විල”, “ทะเลสาบโคซิโบลกา”, “ကိုစီဘိုးလ်ကာကန်”, “코시볼카호”, “コシボルカ湖”, “科西博尔卡湖”, and “科西博爾卡湖”

Lake Nicaragua

Latitude
11.6873° or 11° 41′ 14″ north
Longitude
-85.47863° or 85° 28′ 43″ west
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
763PMGPC+WG
Geo­Names ID
3617477
Wiki­data ID
Q173862
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Nicaragua” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nicaraguameer”
  • Albanian: “Liqeni i Nikaraguas”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة نيكاراغوا”
  • Armenian: “Նիկարագուա լիճ”
  • Armenian: “Նիկարագուա”
  • Asturian: “Llagu Cocibolca”
  • Asturian: “Llagu de Nicaragua”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nikaraqua gölü”
  • Bashkir: “Никарагуа күле”
  • Bashkir: “Никарагуа”
  • Basque: “Nikaragua aintzira”
  • Basque: “Nikaraguako aintzira”
  • Belarusian: “Нікарагуа”
  • Bengali: “নিকরাগুয়া হ্রদ”
  • Bengali: “নিকারাগুয়া হ্রদ”
  • Breton: “Lenn Nicaragua”
  • Bulgarian: “Езеро Никарагуа”
  • Bulgarian: “Никарагуа”
  • Burmese: “နီကာရာဂွာကန်”
  • Catalan: “llac de Nicaragua”
  • Catalan: “Llac de Nicaragua”
  • Cebuano: “Lago de Nicaragua”
  • Cebuano: “Lanaw sa Nicaragua”
  • Chinese: “尼加拉瓜湖”
  • Chuvash: “Никарагуа кӳлӗ”
  • Chuvash: “Никарагуа”
  • Croatian: “Jezero Nikaragva”
  • Croatian: “Nicaragua”
  • Croatian: “Nikaragva”
  • Czech: “Nikaragua”
  • Czech: “Nikaragujské jezero”
  • Danish: “Nicaraguasøen”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Nicaragua”
  • Esperanto: “Lago de Nikaragvo”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Nikaragvo”
  • Estonian: “Nicaragua järv”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Nicaragua ke jhil”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Nicaragua Talaab”
  • Finnish: “Nicaraguajärvi”
  • French: “lac Nicaragua”
  • French: “Lac Nicaragua”
  • Galician: “Lago Cocibolca”
  • Galician: “Lago de Nicaragua”
  • Georgian: “ნიკარაგუას ტბა”
  • Georgian: “ნიკარაგუის ტბა”
  • German: “Nicaraguasee”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Νικαράγουα”
  • Gujarati: “નિકારાગુઆ સરોવર”
  • Hawaiian: “Ka Loko Nikaragua”
  • Hebrew: “אגם ניקרגואה”
  • Hindi: “निकारागुआ झील”
  • Hungarian: “Nicaragua-tó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Nikaragua”
  • Italian: “Lago Nicaragua”
  • Japanese: “ニカラグア湖”
  • Kannada: “ನಿಕಾರಾಗುವಾ ಸರೋವರ”
  • Kazakh: “Никарагуа көлі”
  • Korean: “니카라과호”
  • Kurdish: “Gola Nikaragwa”
  • Ladino: “Lago de Nikaragua”
  • Latin: “Lacus Nicaragua”
  • Latin: “Lacus Nicaraguae”
  • Latvian: “Nikaragvas ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Nikaragvos ežeras”
  • Lojban: “la .nikaragwas. lalxu”
  • Lojban: “nikaraguas. zei lalxu”
  • Macedonian: “Езеро Никарагва”
  • Macedonian: “Никарагва”
  • Malay: “Tasik Nicaragua”
  • Malayalam: “നിക്കരാഗ്വ തടാകം”
  • Malayalam: “നിക്കാരാഗ്വ തടാകം”
  • Marathi: “निकाराग्वा तलाव”
  • Mazanderani: “دریاچه نیکارائوئا”
  • Mazanderani: “نیکاراگوئه دریاچه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nicaragua Ô͘”
  • Mingrelian: “ნიკარაგუა”
  • Mingrelian: “ნიკარაგუას ტბა”
  • Mongolian: “Никарагуа нуур”
  • Nepali: “निकारागुआ ताल”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nicaraguaai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nicaraguasjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nicaraguasjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Nicaraguasjøen”
  • Ossetian: “Никарагуæ”
  • Ossetian: “Никарагуа озеро”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਕਾਰਾਗੂਆ ਝੀਲ”
  • Persian: “دریاچه نیکاراگوئه”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Nikaragua”
  • Polish: “Nikaragua”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Nicarágua”
  • Quechua: “Nikarawa qucha”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Nicaragua”
  • Russian: “Никарагуа”
  • Russian: “Озеро Никарагуа”
  • Scots: “Nicaragua Loch”
  • Serbian: “Jezero Nikaragva”
  • Serbian: “Језеро Никарагва”
  • Serbian: “Никарагва”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Nikaragva”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nikaragva”
  • Sinhala: “නිකරගුවා විල”
  • Slovak: “Nikaragua”
  • Slovak: “Nikaragujské jazero”
  • Slovenian: “Nikaragovsko jezero”
  • Slovenian: “Nikaraguansko jezero”
  • Spanish: “Gran Lago”
  • Spanish: “Lago Cocibolca”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Granada”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Nicaragua”
  • Swahili: “Ziwa Nikaragua”
  • Swedish: “Nicaraguasjön”
  • Tamil: “நிக்கராகுவா ஏரி”
  • Telugu: “నికరాగువా సరస్సు”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบนิการากัว”
  • Turkish: “Nikaragua Gölü”
  • Twi: “Nikaragua Asubɔnten”
  • Ukrainian: “Нікарагуа”
  • Ukrainian: “Озеро Нікарагуа”
  • Urdu: “جھیل نکاراگوا”
  • Uzbek: “Nikaragua ko‘li”
  • Uzbek: “Nikaragua”
  • Venetian: “Lago de Nicaragua”
  • Veps: “Nikaragua järv”
  • Veps: “Nikaragua”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Nicaragua”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Danaw Nicaragua”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lanaw Nicaragua”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Nicaragua”
  • Western Panjabi: “جھیل نکاراگوا”
  • Wu Chinese: “尼加拉瓜湖”
  • Yue Chinese: “尼加拉瓜湖”
  • “Lake Nicaragua”

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