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Bolivia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /bəˈlɪvɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /bəˈlɪvi.ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• /boˈliv.jɐ/ (Philippines)
• /bəˈlɪve.ə/ (Scotland)
• /boʊˈlɪvi.ə/ (US)
• (US) audio
• audio SSB
• /bəˈləvi.ə/ (New-Zealand)
• /bəˈlɪvi.ə/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ti Proto-Italic *melō Latin molō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin molīnus Late Latin molīnumlbor. 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”).

Meanings

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. 2021 May 20, Jon Evans, “Shaneequa Vereen: From SENC to NASA, now documenting our journeys into space (“1on1 with Jon Evans” podcast)”, in WECT News, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022:
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.

Relateds

Bolivian

Synonyms

Upper Peru

Translations (106)

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