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bolivia

n. countable
A1 Beginner US //bəˈɫɪviə// bo·livia Archaic

n. a country in South America. It is surrounded by other countries and has no coast on the ocean.

n. a landlocked sovereign state in central South America, bordered by Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay.


SIMPLE

Bolivia is a large country in South America.

CONTEXTUAL

The flight from Lima to Bolivia took about two hours.

COMPLEX

Bolivia's diverse landscape ranges from the high Andes mountains to the humid Amazon rainforest.

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish and New Latin 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”).

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