Bolivia - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Borrowed from Spanish and New Latin Bolivia (“land of Bolivar”), from the South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar + -ia (forming placenames), from the Spanish surname Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain, from Basque bolu (“windmill”) + ibar (“valley”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /boʊˈlɪv.i.ə/, /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪviə

Bolivia

2. A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

   Synonym: (historical) Upper Peru

3. A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
4. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.

• Bolivian

Bolivia

1. definite nominative singular of Bolivi

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Borrowed from Spanish Bolivia.

• IPA^(key): /ˌboːˈli.vi.aː/
• Hyphenation: Bo‧li‧via

Bolivia n

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

• Boliviaan
• Boliviaans

From Spanish Bolivia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboliʋiɑ/, [ˈbo̞liˌʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Bo‧li‧via

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

(compounds):

• Bolívia (reintegrationist)

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

• boliviano

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): /boˈli.vja/
• Rhymes: -ivja
• Hyphenation: Bo‧lì‧via

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

• boliviano

• abolivi, obliavi

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boˈli.u̯i.a/, [bɔˈlʲiu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈli.vi.a/, [boˈliːviä]

Bolivia f sg (genitive Boliviae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Bolivia (a country in South America)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• bolivianus

Yn Volivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

• bolivianer
• boliviansk

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

• bolivian, bolivianar
• boliviansk

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

From Bolív(ar) +‎ -ia; coined by Bolivian pastor and deputy Manuel Martín Cruz in October 1825 stating, “if from Romulus, Rome; from Bolivar, Bolivia”.

• IPA^(key): /boˈlibja/ [boˈli.β̞ja]

• Audio (Peru); “Bolivia; capital: La Paz”:

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• Rhymes: -ibja
• Syllabification: Bo‧li‧via

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)
2. A town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

From Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan statesman; Bolívar's own name derives from the village of Bolibar in Spanish Biscay. Its name comes from the Basque bolu (“windmill”) and ibar (“valley”).

Bolivia n (genitive Bolivias)

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

• boliviansk (“Bolivian”, adjective)
• bolivian c (“Bolivian male”)
• bolivianska c (“Bolivian female”)

• Bolivia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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