bolivar

bo·li·var
B3O1L1I1V4A1R1
/ˈbɒlɪvɚ//bəˈliːvaɹ/

proper noun

A city, the county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

bolivar1

nounbolivar (plural bolivars or bolivares)

plural bolivars · plural bolivares

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bolívar.

Bolivar2

nounBolivar (plural Bolivars)

plural Bolivars

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bolívar.

    “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
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    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

    The Venezuelan unit of currency is the Bolivar (VEB). […] The Bolivar is nominally subdivided into 100 céntimos, although coins denominated in céntimos no longer circulate.

    2009, Mercer, The Global Manager’s Guide to Living and Working Abroad: Western Europe and the Americas, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 287

Origin

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.

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APA

bolivar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolivar

MLA

“bolivar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolivar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bolivar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolivar.

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