Meanings
bolivia1
plural bolivias
- countableuncountablecard gamesA meld of seven wild cards in said card game.
Bolivia2
- A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
Synonyms: Upper Peru
- A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
1 more example
Shaneequa Vereen, who grew up in the Brunswick County community of Bolivia, is currently a Public Affairs Officer and Live Mission Commentator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Houston, Texas. When you compare the numbers, it is quite a jump. When Shaneequa graduated from South Brunswick High School in 2009, the census put Bolivia’s population at around 150 people. Now she works at an agency that employs more than 17,000.
2021 May 20, Jon Evans, “Shaneequa Vereen: From SENC to NASA, now documenting our journeys into space (“1on1 with Jon Evans” podcast)”, in WECT News, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022 - historicalFormer name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
- A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*mélh₂ti
- Proto-Italic*melō
- Latinmolō
- Latinmolīnus
- Late Latinmolīnum
- Basquebolu
- Basqueibar
- BasqueBolibar
- SpanishBolívar
- SpanishBolivia
- EnglishBolivia
Borrowed from Spanish Bolivia (“land of Bolivar”), from the South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar + -ia (forming placenames), from the Spanish surname Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain, from Basque bolu (“windmill”) + ibar (“valley”).
More words from Spanish, Basque
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Bolivië
- Boliviëcountry in South America
Arabic بُولِيفِيَا
- بُولِيفِيَا (būlīfiyā)country in South America
Basque Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Bengali বলিভিয়া
- বলিভিয়া (bolibhiẏa)country in South America
Bulgarian Боли́вия
- Боли́вия (Bolívija)country in South America
Catalan Bolívia
- Bolíviacountry in South America
Chinese Cantonese 玻利維亞 /玻利维亚
- 玻利維亞 /玻利维亚 (bo¹ lei⁶ wai⁴ aa³)country in South America
Chinese Mandarin 玻利維亞 /玻利维亚
- 玻利維亞 /玻利维亚 (Bōlìwéiyà)country in South America
Czech Bolívie
- Bolíviecountry in South America
Danish Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Dutch Bolivia, Bolivië
- Boliviacountry in South America
- Boliviëcountry in South America
Esperanto Bolivio
- Boliviocountry in South America
Estonian Boliivia
- Boliiviacountry in South America
Finnish Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
French Bolivie
- Boliviecountry in South America
German Bolivien
- Boliviencountry in South America
Greek Βολιβία
- Βολιβία (Volivía)country in South America
Hebrew בּוֹלִיבְיָה
- בּוֹלִיבְיָה (bolívya)country in South America
Hindi बोलीविया
- बोलीविया (bolīviyā)country in South America
Hungarian Bolívia
- Bolíviacountry in South America
Icelandic Bólivía
- Bólivíacountry in South America
Indonesian Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Irish An Bholaiv
- An Bholaivcountry in South America
Italian Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Japanese ボリビア
- ボリビア (Boribia)country in South America
Korean 볼리비아
- 볼리비아 (Bollibia)country in South America
Latin Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Latvian Bolīvija
- Bolīvijacountry in South America
Lithuanian Bolivija
- Bolivijacountry in South America
Māori Poriwia
- Poriwiacountry in South America
Norwegian Bokmål Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Polish Boliwia
- Boliwiacountry in South America
Portuguese Bolívia
- Bolíviacountry in South America
Romanian Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Russian Боли́вия
- Боли́вия (Bolívija)country in South America
Slovak Bolívia
- Bolíviacountry in South America
Spanish Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Swahili Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Swedish Bolivia
- Boliviacountry in South America
Tagalog Bolibya
- Bolibyacountry in South America
Tamil பொலிவியா
- பொலிவியா (poliviyā)country in South America
Thai โบลิเวีย
- โบลิเวีย (boo-lí-wiia)country in South America
Turkish Bolivya
- Bolivyacountry in South America
Ukrainian Болі́вія
- Болі́вія (Bolívija)country in South America
Urdu بولِیوِیا
- بولِیوِیا (bolīviyā)country in South America
Vietnamese Bô-li-vi-a
- Bô-li-vi-acountry in South America
Yiddish באָליוויע
- באָליוויע (bolivye)country in South America
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bolivia
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bolivia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolivia
“bolivia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolivia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bolivia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolivia.
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