Bolivia Definition

bə-lĭvē-ə, bō-
noun
A woolen cloth resembling plush.
Webster's New World

(uncountable, card games) A card game, similar to rummy and canasta.

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(card games) A meld of seven wild cards in said card game.
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A country in South America. Capital cities: Sucre (constitutional capital), La Paz (seat of government). Largest city: Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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Origin of Bolivia

  • From Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan statesman; Bolívar's own name derives from the village of Bolibar in Spanish Biscay. Its name comes from the Basque bolu ("windmill") and ibar ("valley").

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Bolivia Sentence Examples

  • During those ten years of recovery on the part of Bolivia from the effects of the war, the presidency was held by Dr Pacheco, who succeeded Campero, and held office for the full term; by Dr Aniceto Arce, who held it until 1892, and by Dr Mariano Baptista, his successor.

  • The continual encroachments of the Portuguese at length led the Spanish government to take the important step of making Buenos Aires the seat of a viceroyalty with jurisdiction over the territories of the present republics of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Argentine Confederation (1776).

  • Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay rose in armed revolt, and finally established themselves as separate republics, whilst the city of Buenos Aires itself was torn with faction and the scene of many a sanguinary fight.

  • Fawcett's survey of the Brazilian boundary (1906-1907) are welcome additions to our knowledge of Bolivia.

  • The name is also applied to a district situated on the same river and on the former (1867) boundary line between Bolivia and Brazil.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOL

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AIAVIA

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Words Starting With B and Ending With A

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