Venezuela
UK/ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə/
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British/ˌvɛnəzˈwɛjlə/
Venezuela proper noun: a country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
Proper noun
Venezuela
- A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
- The legislation is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year old Georgia student who was killed last year while out for a run. An undocumented migrant from Venezuela was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in the case that reignited a national debate over immigration and crime.2025 January 22, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Priscilla Alvarez, “Congress passes immigrant detention bill in first legislative win for Trump”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2025
- You know, Venezuela. It is kind of next to Argentina, I think. I am not exactly sure, but it is definitely below Mexico. Probably. Like all Americans, I pride myself on not being very good at geology or geography, whatever it is called.2025 December 20, Rob Schneider, AmericaFest 2025 speech
Venezuela meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Venezuela in Hindi
- country
- वेनेज़ुएला venezuelā
Venezuela in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Venezuela in Urdu
- country
- وینِیزْویلا venīzvelā, وینِزْویلا venizvelā
Venezuela in Bengali
- country
- ভেনেজুয়েলা bhenejuẏela
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- Venezuela in Kannada
- ವೆನೆಜುವೆಲ
- Venezuela in Sinhala
- වෙනිසියුලාව wenisiyulāwa
- Venezuela in Pashto
- ونزوېلا wenezuelā
- Venezuela in Tagalog
- Beneswela, Benesuwela
- Venezuela in Arabic
- فِنْزُوِيلَا fenzuwēlā
- Venezuela in Malay
- Venezuela
- Venezuela in Indonesian
- Venezuela
- Venezuela in Thai
- เวเนซุเอลา wee-nee-sú-ee-lâa
- Venezuela in Vietnamese
- Vê-nê-du-ê-la
- Venezuela in Myanmar
- ဗင်နီဇွဲလား bangnijwai:la:
- Dhivehi
- ވެނެޒުއޭލާ venezuēlā
Origin of Venezuela
Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola, diminutive of Venezia (“Venice”), after the stilt houses reminiscent of Venetian architecture.
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Questions about Venezuela
- What does Venezuela mean?
- Venezuela means a country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
- What is Venezuela in Hindi?
- Venezuela in Hindi is वेनेज़ुएला (venezuelā). See Venezuela meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Venezuela?
- Venezuela is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Venezuela?
- Venezuela is pronounced /ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Venezuela (page history and authors); Venezuela (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Venezuela (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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