n.
Pronunciation: mis- ' k ē -( ˌ )t ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Miskito or Miskitos
Etymology: earlier Musketa, Moskita, from Spanish Mosquito, from Miskito m ɨ skito, probably a self-designation
Date: 1688
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras
2 : the language of the Miskito people