How do you use Miskito in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Miskito in a sentence
Miskito meaning
Pertaining to a Native American people living in the region of Moskitia in Central America.
Using Miskito
- The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to a Native American people living in the region of Moskitia in Central America.
- In the example corpus, miskito often appears in combinations such as: the miskito.
Context around Miskito
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Miskito
- In this selection, "miskito" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, outlying, large, speak, cays, family and visited stand out and add context to how "miskito" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include individuals large miskito family groups and majority speak miskito coast creole. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "miskito" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with miskito
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Miskito Kingdom in the northeast was particularly effective at resisting conquest. (12 words)
The majority speak Miskito Coast Creole as their first language and Spanish as their second. (15 words)
Around 1638, the king of the Miskito visited England and made an alliance with the English crown. (17 words)
Meanwhile, the English captured Jamaica in 1655 and soon were seeking allies on the coast, and hit upon the Miskito, whose king Jeremy visited Jamaica in 1687. (27 words)
England established a protectorate over the local Miskito Indians, who the region is named after, and the area was a British dependency from 1740 to 1786. (26 words)
Languages main A sign in Bluefields in English (top), Spanish (middle) and Miskito (bottom) Nicaraguan Spanish has many indigenous influences and several distinguishing characteristics. (24 words)
Example sentences (8)
Tropical storm-force winds at Eta's leading edge were already slamming the outlying Miskito Cays late on Monday.
An account of 1699 reveals a patchwork of private individuals, large Miskito family groups, Spanish settlements and pirate hideouts along the coast.
Around 1638, the king of the Miskito visited England and made an alliance with the English crown.
England established a protectorate over the local Miskito Indians, who the region is named after, and the area was a British dependency from 1740 to 1786.
Languages main A sign in Bluefields in English (top), Spanish (middle) and Miskito (bottom) Nicaraguan Spanish has many indigenous influences and several distinguishing characteristics.
Meanwhile, the English captured Jamaica in 1655 and soon were seeking allies on the coast, and hit upon the Miskito, whose king Jeremy visited Jamaica in 1687.
The majority speak Miskito Coast Creole as their first language and Spanish as their second.
The Miskito Kingdom in the northeast was particularly effective at resisting conquest.
Common combinations with miskito
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: