San Gerardo de Dota. San Isidro del General. San Jose. San Ramon. Santa Ana. Santa Maria de Dota. Santa Teresa. Irazu Volcano National Park. Cahuita National Park. Tortuguero National Park. Ballena National Marine Park. Manuel Antonio National Park. Carara National Park. Tenorio Volcano National Park. Arenal Volcano National Park. Barra Honda National Park. Barbilla National Park.
Turrialba Volcano National Park. Los Quetzales National Park. Santa Rosa National Park. Las Baulas National Marine Park. Piedras Blancas National Park.
Palo Verde National Park. Cocos Island National Park. It defines the lifestyle in a country that does not have an army and has been called the "Switzerland of the Americas" because of its neutrality during international conflicts. Located between Nicaragua and Panama, millions visit Costa Rica every year for its tropical jungles, Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea beaches, and an industry based in eco-tourism.
Costa Rica is a prime surfing spot, particularly its Pacific coast beaches, and soccer is a passion for the "Ticos". By now, the "Ticos" nickname has been heard everywhere the World Cup is televised.
But what does it mean? Costa Ricans are called "ticos" because of their unique way of saying diminutives in Spanish. For example, when saying something is small —or "chico" in Spanish— Costa Ricans would say it is "chiquitico," or very small. General Florencio Xatruch was the one who led the hundreds of Honduran soldiers who participated in this war against the filibusters who wanted to reestablish slavery in Nicaragua, with the intention of later extending it to all of Central America.
The trajectory of Xatruch, considered by many as a hero for contributing to the Central American victory and reaching the presidency of Honduras in a fleeting way in , makes Hondurans proudly use this word to refer to themselves. The colloquial way of referring to its inhabitants does not enjoy the same unanimous acceptance in El Salvador, probably due to the very different versions that exist about their origin.
One of them has to do with the mammal of this name, a member of the camelid family like alpacas and llamas native to the Andes. But its remoteness from El Salvador would make it difficult for the animal to be known in Central America for centuries, which means that several experts do not support this theory. The truth is that this animal is slow and not very agile, and this bothers some Salvadorans because of the comparison. Others, on the other hand, emphasize the ability of the guanaco to withstand large loads over long distances, thus highlighting its reputation as hard-working people.
Another theory more supported by historians points to the time before the arrival of the Spanish, when indigenous groups held fraternity meetings called huanacax in the current territory of El Salvador. The meetings were made under large trees that today we know as guanacastes from the Nahuatl huanacaxtle , also called Conocastes, among many other names.
And, for this reason, the inhabitants of those lands would have ended up calling them guanacos. Other theories point to the use that in the 19th century was made in Guatemala of the term guanaco to refer with a certain derogatory tone to those who did not live in the city, or even to those from other Central American countries. And why are Guatemalans popularly known as chapines?
This was the name of shoes with large platforms or heels that became popular among upper-class women in 16th-century Spain. Their name comes from the noise they made when using them on cobbled streets chap, chap, chap …. With the colony, this footwear also arrived in Guatemala from the hand of the Spaniards, who began to be identified with some sarcasm as chapines. The Captaincy General of Guatemala was for centuries the one that controlled the commerce and other economic activities of the Central American territories, which aroused suspicions in the region before the power and centralism imposed by the chapines.
After independence, however, those born in Guatemala to Spanish parents proudly adopted and preserved the gentilicio, as in a way it reflected the status and social category that they had maintained for so many years. Nicaragua is undoubtedly the Central American country with the greatest colloquial nicknames for its inhabitants. Nica, short for Nicaraguan, is the most used form both inside and outside the country.
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