Bolivar

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See also: bolivar, bolívar, and Bolívar

English

 Bolivar, Missouri on Wikipedia
 Bolivar, Ohio on Wikipedia
 Bolivar, Tennessee on Wikipedia

Etymology

Most places named Bolivar are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a South American leader—even those whose naturalized English name does not use the Spanish-language orthography or pronunciation.

Pronunciation

  • Usually either IPA(key): /ˈbɒlɪvɚ/ or IPA(key): /bəˈliːvaɹ/, depending on each place's local tradition.

Proper noun

Bolivar

  1. A city, the county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States.
  2. A village in Ohio.
  3. A city, the county seat of Hardeman County, Tennessee

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Noun

Bolivar (plural Bolivars)

  1. Alternative form of bolívar.
    • 1929, Mining and Metallurgy, volume 10, pages 450 and 452:
      The mining law of 1925 places taxes at two Bolivars ($0.39) per hectare on property not in operation. […] The 125,000,000 Bolivars surplus in the treasury, while not a great deal of money in London or New York ($25,000,000) denotes a condition of things in Venezuela that the British and French like.
    • 2000, Charlotte Mijares, Blood, Sweat and Cheers: A Madman’s Rise to Fame in Professional Wrestling, San Jose, Calif.: Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 173:
      “These people want to buy some arepas. How much are they?” “They are two Bolivars apiece, and I haven’t gone yet. […]”
    • 2009, Mercer, The Global Manager’s Guide to Living and Working Abroad: Western Europe and the Americas, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 287:
      The Venezuelan unit of currency is the Bolivar (VEB). […] The Bolivar is nominally subdivided into 100 céntimos, although coins denominated in céntimos no longer circulate.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bolivar (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜊᜇ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish
  2. A province of La Libertad, Peru

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bolivar is the 901st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,440 individuals.
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