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bolivia

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/bəˈlɪv.i.ə/(UK)
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/bəˈlɪv.i.ə/(UK) · /boʊˈlɪv.i.ə/(US) · /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/(US) · /boˈliv.jɐ/

Definition of bolivia

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

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

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
  2. A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
    “Shaneequa Vereen, who grew up in the Brunswick County community of Bolivia, is currently a Public Affairs Officer and Live Mission Commentator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Houston, Texas. When you compare the numbers, it is quite a jump. When Shaneequa graduated from South Brunswick High School in 2009, the census put Bolivia’s population at around 150 people. Now she works at an agency that employs more than 17,000.”
  3. (historical)Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
  4. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

noun

  1. (uncountable)A card game similar to rummy and canasta.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A meld of seven wild cards in said card game.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Basque boluder. Proto-Basque *ibar Basque ibarder. Basque Bolibarbor. Spanish Bolívar Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios New Latin -ius New Latin -ia New Latin Boliviabor. English Bolivia…

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Etymology tree Basque boluder. Proto-Basque *ibar Basque ibarder. Basque Bolibarbor. Spanish Bolívar Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios New Latin -ius New Latin -ia New Latin Boliviabor. English Bolivia 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”).

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