bolivar

(bō-lēˈvär, bŏlˈə-vər)

noun pl. bo·li·vars or bo·li·va·res (bō-lēˈvä-rĕsˌ)
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Origin:

Origin: American Spanish bolívar

Origin: , after Simón Bolívar

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A mountain, 5,005.4 m (16,411 ft) high, of western Venezuela in the Cordillera Mérida south of Lake Maracaibo. It is the highest elevation in the range and in the country.

, Simón Known as “the Liberator.” 1783-1830.

South American revolutionary leader who defeated the Spanish in 1819, was made president of Greater Colombia (now Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador), and helped liberate (1823-1834) Peru and Bolivia.

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