There are two possible origins for the name "Managua". It may have originated from the term ''Mana-ahuac'', which in the indigenous Nahuatl language translates to "adjacent to the water" or site "surrounded by water". Or, it may have come from the Mangue language, where the word ''managua'' was said to mean "place of the big man" or "chief". Residents of the city are called ''managuas'', ''managüenses'', or ''capitalinos''.