Bolivia
proper noun
- South American country
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bəˈlɪvi.ə/ / /bəˈlɪvɪjə/ / /boʊˈlɪvi.ə/
name
Etymology: Etymology tree Basque boluder. Proto-Basque *ibar Basque ibarder. Basque Bolibarbor. Spanish Bolívar Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios New Latin -ius New Latin -ia New Latin Boliviabor. English Bolivia 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”).
- 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.
“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.”
- Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
- A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
- A card game similar to rummy and canasta.
- A meld of seven wild cards in said card game.