Bolivia
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//bəˈlɪvɪjə//
- United States//boʊˈlɪvi.ə//
- United States//bəˈlɪvi.ə//
- Australia//bəˈlɪvi.ə//
A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
proper noun
- 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.
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historicalFormer name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
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A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
Etymology tree Basque boluder. Proto-Basque *ibar Basque ibarder. Basque Bolibarbor. Spanish Bolívar Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -εία (-eía)der. Spanish -ia Spanish Boliviabor. English Bolivia Borrowed from Spanish 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”).
Bolivia · A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
bollocks · The testicles.bolo · A long, heavy, single-edged machete.Bolo · A barangay of Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.