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bolívar

/bəˈliːvɑː(ɹ)/

bolívar noun: the currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos.

Noun

bolívar (plural bolívars or bolívares)

  1. The currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos.
    • 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.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
    • 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.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

Proper noun capitalized: Bolívar

Bolívar

  1. A state of Venezuela. Capital: Ciudad Bolívar.
  2. A province in Ecuador. Capital: Guaranda.
  3. A town in La Unión department, El Salvador.

Forms of bolívar

pluralbolívars
pluralbolívares
alternative formBolivar
alternative formbolivar

Origin of bolívar

Borrowed from Spanish bolívar, ultimately named after Simón Bolívar.

Borrowed from Spanish Bolívar.

Words formed from bolívar

Questions about bolívar

What does bolívar mean?
Bolívar means the currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos.
What part of speech is bolívar?
Bolívar can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bolívar?
Bolívar is pronounced /bəˈliːvɑː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of bolívar?
The plural of bolívar is bolívars.

Words near bolívar in the dictionary

  1. bolyes
  2. Bolz
  3. Bolzano
  4. Bolzano-Weierstrass property
  5. Bolzes
  6. bolívar
  7. bolívares
  8. bolívars
  9. Bolğar
  10. Bolğars
  11. BOM

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