Miskito

Miskito may refer to:

  • Miskito people, indigenous group in Honduras and Nicaragua
    • Miskito Sambu, branch of Miskito people with African admixture
    • Tawira Miskito, branch of Miskito people of largely indigenous origin
  • Miskito language, original language of the Miskito people
  • Miskito Coastal Creole, English based creole spoken in Nicaragua
  • Miskito Languages, alternate name for Misumalpan languages
  • Miskito Coast, alternate name for Mosquito Coast
  • Miskito Cays, group of small islands in the Caribbean near Nicaragua

Famous quotes containing the word miskito:

    “Freedom-loving people around the world must say ... I am a refugee in a crowded boat foundering off the coast of Vietnam. I am Laotian, a Cambodian, a Cuban, and a Miskito Indian in Nicaragua. I, too, am a potential victim of totalitarianism.”
    —Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)