Bolivia
English
Etymology
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
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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Albanian
Asturian
Breton
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌboːˈli.vi.aː/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: Bo‧li‧via
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboliʋiɑ/, [ˈbo̞liˌʋiɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): Bo‧li‧vi‧a
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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Galician
Alternative forms
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Interlingua
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈli.vja/
- Rhymes: -ivja
- Hyphenation: Bo‧lì‧via
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /boˈli.u̯i.a/, [bɔˈlʲiu̯iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈli.vi.a/, [boˈliːviä]
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
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
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈlibja/ [boˈli.β̞ja]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ibja
- Syllabification: Bo‧li‧via
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)
Related terms
- boliviansk (“Bolivian”, adjective)
- bolivian c (“Bolivian male”)
- bolivianska c (“Bolivian female”)
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