Talk:Nicoya

NICOYA is a term that people use to refer to people from the Central American country of NICARAGUA. Much like the term "Nica" commonly used to describe man or woman from NICARAGUA, nicknames evolve. It is now somewhat common to use the term Nica specifically referring to women from Nicaragua, and the men are now called Nico. NICOYA is also a somewhat common term for man or woman from Nicaragua. Pinolero from the word Pinolillo is another old but common term used to describe man or woman from Nicaragua. Pinolillo is a cultural and domestic drink made of corn specific to the country of Nicaragua. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.96.246.98 (talk) 14:49, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

The above comment is incorrect on several points: 1) Nicoya is NOT used to refer to people from Nicaragua, but is used specifically to refer to inhabitants of the town of Nicoya near the center of Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, not Nicaragua; 2) "Nica" is a shortening of the standard Spanish term for someone from Nicaragua: NICAraguense. As in all Spanish diminutives, the shortened version follows the gender of the complete form. So, there is "la nica" or "una nica" for "the Nicaraguan woman" or "a Nicaraguan woman") and there is "el nica" or "un nica" for "the Nicaraguan man" or "a Nicaraguan man." There is no such word as "nico."  As for pinolero, it is an adjective and therefore follows Spanish gender rules:  pinolero (Nicaraguan man) or pinolera (Nicaraguan woman).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhoncito (talk • contribs) 23:43, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

The above corrections are accurate with one exception. In various regions of the country of Nicaragua, the older generations did call each other by the term NICOYA to refer to each other. The author of these corrections may not be familiar with this history as he may not be of Nicaraguan origin or been raise in the Nicaragua, in past generations. Much like the conversation term of "vos" which was once very commonly used in all of Nicaragua, almost exclusively. But in the younger generations, it's almost non existent and now replaced with "tu" form of conversation.

Possible point-of-view problem
I am no historian, and I try to restrict myself to copy editing. In correcting many (very minor) spelling, grammar, quote and hyphen/dash errors, I detect what seems to be a Marxist reading of colonial history. The statement that stands out, and I added a cite-source template there, is a remark to the effect that all colonial regimes were extractive in nature. While certainly largely true, is a universal like this appropriate in an encyclopaedic article (without a very good source)? Has there ever been just one attempt at a colony that was not like that? I should not dare to change this, since Latin American history is not my field of expertise. (I speak best maths and science, and therein is much of my education.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eugen Hamerle (talk • contribs) 15:07, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Partido ≠ Cantón ≠ Distrito
A lot of work needs to be done regarding the historical and annexed Partido de Nicoya which was a big part of today's Guanacaste province, and move everything there from Nicoya (canton) and Nicoya (district), which are modern administrative units.--Roqz (talk) 19:18, 6 October 2020 (UTC)