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bolivar

Syllables: bo·li·var/ˈbɒlɪvɚ/

bolivar is the alternative spelling of bolívar.

Meaning of bolívar

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

See all 4 meanings of bolívar

Proper noun capitalized: Bolivar

Bolivar

  1. A city, the county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States.
  2. A village in Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
  3. A city, the county seat of Hardeman County, Tennessee.

Noun capitalized: Bolivar

Bolivar (plural Bolivars)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of bolívar.
    • The mining law of 1925 places taxes at two Bolivars ($0.39) per hectare on property not in operation. […] The 125,000,000 Bolivars surplus in the treasury, while not a great deal of money in London or New York ($25,000,000) denotes a condition of things in Venezuela that the British and French like.1929, Mining and Metallurgy, volume 10, pages 450 and 452
    • “These people want to buy some arepas. How much are they?” “They are two Bolivars apiece, and I haven’t gone yet.[…]”2000, Charlotte Mijares, Blood, Sweat and Cheers: A Madman’s Rise to Fame in Professional Wrestling, San Jose, Calif.: Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 173

Forms of bolivar

pluralbolivars
pluralbolivares
pluralBolivars

Origin of bolivar

Most places named Bolivar are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a South American leader—even those whose naturalized English name does not use the Spanish-language orthography or pronunciation.

Words formed from bolivar

Questions about bolivar

What does bolivar mean?
Bolivar means a city, the county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States.
What is bolivar the alternative spelling of?
Bolivar is the alternative spelling of bolívar.
What part of speech is bolivar?
Bolivar can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce bolivar?
Bolivar is pronounced /ˈbɒlɪvɚ/.

Words near bolivar in the dictionary

  1. bolitaenids
  2. Bolitho
  3. bolitics
  4. bolitoglossine
  5. bolitoglossines
  6. bolivar
  7. Bolivar County
  8. Bolivar Peninsula
  9. bolivares
  10. Bolivarian
  11. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bolivar (page history and authors); Bolivar (page history and authors); bolívar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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