Venezuela

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UK/ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə/UK/-əz-/British, Southern, Standard/ˌvɛnəzˈwɛjlə/US/ˌvɛnəzˈweɪlə/

proper noun

A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.

CommonScrabble 21

Meanings

Venezuela1

proper noun
  1. A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.

    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
    1 more example

    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

Venezuela2

noun

    Origin

    1. ItalianVeneziola
    2. SpanishVenezuela
    3. EnglishVenezuela

    Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola, diminutive of Venezia (“Venice”), after the stilt houses reminiscent of Venetian architecture.

    Full word history & related roots →

    Translations

    Afrikaans Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Arabic فِنْزُوِيلَا
    • فِنْزُوِيلَا (fenzuwēlā)country
    Basque Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Bengali ভেনেজুয়েলা
    • ভেনেজুয়েলা (bhenejuẏela)country
    Bulgarian Венецуе́ла
    • Венецуе́ла (Venecuéla)country
    Catalan Veneçuela
    • Veneçuelacountry
    Chinese Cantonese 委內瑞拉 /委内瑞拉
    • 委內瑞拉 /委内瑞拉 (wai² noi⁶ seoi⁶ laai¹)country
    Chinese Mandarin 委內瑞拉 /委内瑞拉
    • 委內瑞拉 /委内瑞拉 (Wěinèiruìlā)country
    Czech Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Danish Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Dutch Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Esperanto Venezuelo
    • Venezuelocountry
    Estonian Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Finnish Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    French Venezuela, Vénézuéla
    • Venezuelacountry
    • Vénézuélacountry
    German Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Greek Βενεζουέλα
    • Βενεζουέλα (Venezouéla)country
    Hebrew וֶנֶצוּאֶלָה
    • וֶנֶצוּאֶלָה (venetsuéla)country
    Hindi वेनेज़ुएला
    • वेनेज़ुएला (venezuelā)country
    Hungarian Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Icelandic Venesúela
    • Venesúelacountry
    Indonesian Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Irish Veiniséala
    • Veiniséalacountry
    Italian Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Japanese ベネズエラ, ベネスエラ
    • ベネズエラ (Benezuera)country
    • ベネスエラ (Benesuera)country
    • ヴェネズエラ (Venezuera)country
    Korean 베네수엘라
    • 베네수엘라 (Benesuella)country
    Latin Venetiola
    • Venetiolacountry
    Latvian Venecuēla
    • Venecuēlacountry
    Lithuanian Venesuela
    • Venesuelacountry
    Malay Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Māori Wenehūera
    • Wenehūeracountry
    Norwegian Bokmål Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Polish Wenezuela
    • Wenezuelacountry
    Portuguese Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Romanian Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Russian Венесуэ́ла
    • Венесуэ́ла (Venesuéla)country
    Slovak Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Spanish Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Swahili Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Swedish Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Tagalog Beneswela, Benesuwela
    • Beneswelacountry
    • Benesuwelacountry
    Thai เวเนซุเอลา
    • เวเนซุเอลา (wee-nee-sú-ee-lâa)country
    Turkish Venezuela
    • Venezuelacountry
    Ukrainian Венесуе́ла
    • Венесуе́ла (Venesuéla)country
    Urdu وینِیزْویلا, وینِزْویلا
    • وینِیزْویلا (venīzvelā)country
    • وینِزْویلا (venizvelā)country
    Vietnamese Vê-nê-du-ê-la
    • Vê-nê-du-ê-lacountry
    Welsh Feneswela
    • Feneswelacountry
    Yiddish ווענעזועלע
    • ווענעזועלע (venezuele)country

    Rhymes & wordplay

    Rhymes with Venezuela

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    Cite this entry
    APA

    Venezuela. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Venezuela

    MLA

    “Venezuela.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Venezuela. Accessed November 2, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Venezuela,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Venezuela.

    Source: Venezuela on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.