bolívar

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See also: bolivar and Bolivar

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bolívar, ultimately named after Simón Bolívar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈliːvɑː(ɹ)/
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Noun

bolívar (plural bolívars or bolívares)

  1. The currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos.
    • 1968, Lisa Redfield Peattie, “The World of Señor Figueres”, in The View from the Barrio, Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, →LCCN, page 96:
      He can compute his earnings for a week at so many bolívares a day, and he knows the costs of various construction materials and with some effort can make a simple summation of costs of materials for a job.
    • 2009, Miguel Tinker Salas, “The Search for Black Gold”, in The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 68:
      In 1921, for example, a large chicken could be obtained for four bolívares, whereas now one cost ten bolívares. Likewise, oranges that had previously sold for two bolívares per hundred were now one bolívar for four.
    • 2023, Rebecca Jarman, Representing the Barrios: Culture, Politics, and Urban Poverty in Twentieth-Century Caracas, Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN:
      In theory, it would be entirely possible to offer these low prices, especially given that the canteen does not pay for local land rents, or tenancy, or electricity, or water; that it employs inmates who are paid a pittance (two bolívares for the entire day); []

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

bolívar m (plural bolívars)

  1. bolívar

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Named after Venezuelan statesman Simón Bolívar. Bolívar's own name derives from the village of Puebla de Bolívar in Spanish Biscay. Its name (Bolibar in Basque) comes from the Basque bolu (windmill) and ibar (valley).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈlibaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ibaɾ
  • Syllabification: bo‧lí‧var

Noun

bolívar m (plural bolívares)

  1. bolívar

Further reading