a large river of South America, in a province of the same name, whose western extremity lies within five miles of the South Sea. It is full of dreadful cataracts, and falls at length into the North Sea.

a maritime province of South America, in Mexico, bounded on the north by Honduras, on the east by the North sea, on the south-east by Costa Rica, and on the south-west by the South sea; being 400 miles in length from east to west, and 120 in breadth from north to south. It is one of the most fruitful and agreeable provinces in Mexico, and is well watered with lakes and rivers. The air is wholesome and temperate; and the country produces plenty of sugar, cochineal, and fine chocolate. One of the lakes is 200 miles in circumference, has an island in the middle, and, as some say, has a tide. Leon de Nicaragua is the capital town.