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Mosquito Coast

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Mosquito Coast (Mosquitia) Coastal region bordering on the Caribbean Sea, c.65km (40mi) wide, now divided between Nicaragua and Honduras. A British protectorate from 1740, it returned to its original inhabitants (the Miskito) in 1860. In 1894, it became part of Nicaragua. International arbitration awarded the n part to Honduras in 1960. The region, which consists mainly of tropical forest, swamp and lagoons, is only thinly populated.

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Mosquito Coast

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Mosquito Coast (Costa de Mosquitos), Honduras‐Nicaragua Also spelt Miskito. A region along the Caribbean coast and probably named after the Miskito people; the spelling was then corrupted by European visitors to that of the insect prevalent here. It is less likely that Europeans named the coast and the indigenous people living along it after the insect.

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