Bolivia
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bolivia"
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bə.ˈlɪv.i.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /boʊ.ˈlɪv.i.ə/, /bə.ˈlɪv.i.ə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪviə
Proper noun
Bolivia
- A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
- A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
- (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.
Translations
country in South America
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See also
- Bolivian
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Albanian
Proper noun
Bolivia
Asturian
Proper noun
Bolivia f
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Breton
Proper noun
Bolivia
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Bolivia
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Bolivia
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Danish
Proper noun
Bolivia
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Bolivia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bolivia n
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bolivia
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Declension
| Inflection of Bolivia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Bolivia | — | |
| genitive | Bolivian | — | |
| partitive | Boliviaa | — | |
| illative | Boliviaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Bolivia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Bolivia | — |
| gen. | Bolivian | ||
| genitive | Bolivian | — | |
| partitive | Boliviaa | — | |
| inessive | Boliviassa | — | |
| elative | Boliviasta | — | |
| illative | Boliviaan | — | |
| adessive | Bolivialla | — | |
| ablative | Bolivialta | — | |
| allative | Bolivialle | — | |
| essive | Boliviana | — | |
| translative | Boliviaksi | — | |
| abessive | Boliviatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Galician
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Bolivia f
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Related terms
Interlingua
Proper noun
Bolivia
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bolivia f
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /boˈli.u̯i.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈli.vi.a/,
Proper noun
Bolivia f sg (genitive Boliviae); first declension
- (New Latin) Bolivia (a country in South America)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Bolivia |
| Genitive | Boliviae |
| Dative | Boliviae |
| Accusative | Boliviam |
| Ablative | Boliviā |
| Vocative | Bolivia |
Derived terms
Manx
Proper noun
Yn Volivia f
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Bolivia | Volivia | Molivia |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Bolivia
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Bolivia
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
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Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Bolivia f
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Spanish
Etymology
From Bolív(ar) + -ia; coined by Bolivian pastor and deputy Manuel Martín Cruz in October 1825 stating, “if from Romulus, Rome; from Bolivar, Bolivia”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈlibja/
Audio (Peru); “Bolivia; capital: La Paz”: (file) - Rhymes: -ibja
- Syllabification: Bo‧li‧via
Proper noun
Bolivia f
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
- A town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Bolivia n (genitive Bolivias)
- Bolivia (a country in South America)
Related terms
- boliviansk (“Bolivian”, adjective)
- bolivian c (“Bolivian male”)
- bolivianska c (“Bolivian female”)