Bolivia

See also: bolivia, bolivià, Bolìvia, Bolívia, and Bólivía

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bə.ˈlɪv.i.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /boʊ.ˈlɪv.i.ə/, /bə.ˈlɪv.i.ə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪviə

Proper noun

Bolivia

2. A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
3. A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
4. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.

Translations

country in South America

• Adyghe: Боливие (Bolivije)
• Afrikaans: Bolivië, Bolivië
• Albanian: Bolivi f (indefinite), Bolivia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ቦሊቪያ (boliviya)
• Arabic: بُولِيفِيَا f (būlīfiyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: بوليفيا f (bōlīfya, bōlīvya)

• Armenian: Բոլիվիա (hy) (Bolivia)
• Asturian: Bolivia (ast) f
• Aymara: Wuliwya (ay)
• Azerbaijani: Boliviya (az)
• Basque: Bolivia
• Belarusian: Балі́вія f (Balívija)
• Bengali: বলিভিয়া (bn) (bolibhiẏa)
• Bhutanese: བོ་ལི་ཝིཡ (bo li wiy)
• Breton: Bolivia
• Bulgarian: Боли́вия f (Bolívija)
• Burmese: ဘိုလီးဗီးယား (bhuili:bi:ya:)
• Catalan: Bolívia (ca) f
• Central Huasteca Nahuatl: Bolivia
• Central Nahuatl: Bolivia
• Chechen: Боливи (Bolivi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 玻利維亞／玻利维亚 (bo¹ lei⁶ wai⁴ aa³)

  Mandarin: 玻利維亞／玻利维亚 (zh) (Bōlìwéiyà)

• Czech: Bolívie (cs) f
• Danish: Bolivia (da) n
• Dhivehi: ބޮލީވިއާ (bolīviā)
• Dutch: Bolivia (nl) n, Bolivië n
• Esperanto: Bolivio (eo)
• Estonian: Boliivia (et)
• Finnish: Bolivia (fi)
• French: Bolivie (fr) f
• Galician: Bolivia (gl)
• Georgian: ბოლივია (ka) (bolivia)
• German: Bolivien (de) n
• Greek: Βολιβία (el) f (Volivía)
• Guaraní: Volívia
• Hebrew: בּוֹלִיבְיָה (he) f (bolívya)
• Hindi: बोलिविया (hi) m (boliviyā)
• Hungarian: Bolívia (hu)
• Icelandic: Bólivía (is) f
• Indonesian: Bolivia (id)
• Interlingua: Bolivia
• Irish: An Bholaiv (ga) f
• Italian: Bolivia (it) f
• Japanese: ボリビア (ja) (Boribia)
• Kalenjin: Bolivia
• Kamba: Bolivia
• Kazakh: Боливия (kk) (Boliviä)
• Khmer: បូលីវី (km) (bouliivii)
• Kikuyu: Bolivia
• Korean: 볼리비아 (ko) (Bollibia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Bolîvya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Боливия (Boliviya)
• Lao: ໂບລີວີ (bō lī wī)
• Latin: Bolivia
• Latvian: Bolīvija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Bolivija (lt) f
• Luhya: Bolivia
• Luo: Bolivia
• Macedonian: Боливија (mk) f (Bolivija)
• Maltese: il-Bolivja
• Manx: Yn Volivia f
• Maori: Poriwia
• Marathi: बोलिव्हिया m (bolivhiyā)
• Meru: Bolivia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Боливи (Bolivi)

• Navajo: Bolíbiya
• Norman: Bolivie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bolivia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Bolivia (nn) n

• Pashto: بولوويا f (bolowyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: بولِیوِیَا (bōlīwiyā)

  Iranian Persian: بولیوی (fa) (bolivi)

• Polish: Boliwia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bolívia (pt) f
• Quechua: Buliwya
• Romanian: Bolivia (ro) f
• Russian: Боли́вия (ru) f (Bolívija)
• Sardinian: Bolìvia
• Scots: Bolivie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Боли́вија f

  Roman: Bolívija (sh) f

• Sinhalese: බොලිවියාව (boliwiyāwa)
• Slovak: Bolívia (sk) f
• Slovene: Bolivija (sl) f
• Spanish: Bolivia (es) f
• Swahili: Bolivia (sw)
• Swedish: Bolivia (sv) n
• Tajik: Боливия (Boliviya)
• Tatar: Боливия (Boliwiyä)
• Telugu: బొలీవియా (te) (bolīviyā)
• Thai: โบลิเวีย (th) (boo-lí-wiia)
• Tibetan: བྷོ་ལི་ཝི་ཡ (bho li wi ya)
• Turkish: Bolivya (tr)
• Turkmen: Boliwiýa
• Ukrainian: Болі́вія (uk) f (Bolívija)
• Urdu: بولِیوِیا m (bolīviyā)
• Uyghur: بولىۋىيە (boliwiye)
• Uzbek: Boliviya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bô-li-vi-a
• Yiddish: באָליוויע f (bolivye)
• Yoruba: Bọ̀lífíyà

See also

• Bolivian
• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Albanian

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. definite nominative singular of Bolivi

Asturian

Proper noun

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Breton

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Danish

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bolivia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌboːˈli.vi.aː/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: Bo‧li‧via

Proper noun

Bolivia n

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• Boliviaan
• Boliviaans

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Bolivia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboliʋiɑ/, [ˈbo̞liˌʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Bo‧li‧vi‧a

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Bolivia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Bolivia	—
genitive		Bolivian	—
partitive		Boliviaa	—
illative		Boliviaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bolivia	—
accusative	nom.	Bolivia	—
	gen.	Bolivian
genitive		Bolivian	—
partitive		Boliviaa	—
inessive		Boliviassa	—
elative		Boliviasta	—
illative		Boliviaan	—
adessive		Bolivialla	—
ablative		Bolivialta	—
allative		Bolivialle	—
essive		Boliviana	—
translative		Boliviaksi	—
abessive		Boliviatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bolivia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Boliviani — accusative nom. Boliviani — gen. Boliviani genitive Boliviani — partitive Boliviaani — inessive Boliviassani — elative Boliviastani — illative Boliviaani — adessive Boliviallani — ablative Bolivialtani — allative Bolivialleni — essive Bolivianani — translative Boliviakseni — abessive Boliviattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Boliviasi — accusative nom. Boliviasi — gen. Boliviasi genitive Boliviasi — partitive Boliviaasi — inessive Boliviassasi — elative Boliviastasi — illative Boliviaasi — adessive Boliviallasi — ablative Bolivialtasi — allative Boliviallesi — essive Bolivianasi — translative Boliviaksesi — abessive Boliviattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Boliviamme — accusative nom. Boliviamme — gen. Boliviamme genitive Boliviamme — partitive Boliviaamme — inessive Boliviassamme — elative Boliviastamme — illative Boliviaamme — adessive Boliviallamme — ablative Bolivialtamme — allative Boliviallemme — essive Bolivianamme — translative Boliviaksemme — abessive Boliviattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bolivianne — accusative nom. Bolivianne — gen. Bolivianne genitive Bolivianne — partitive Boliviaanne — inessive Boliviassanne — elative Boliviastanne — illative Boliviaanne — adessive Boliviallanne — ablative Bolivialtanne — allative Boliviallenne — essive Boliviananne — translative Boliviaksenne — abessive Boliviattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Boliviansa — accusative nom. Boliviansa — gen. Boliviansa genitive Boliviansa — partitive Boliviaansa — inessive Boliviassaan Boliviassansa — elative Boliviastaan Boliviastansa — illative Boliviaansa — adessive Boliviallaan Boliviallansa — ablative Bolivialtaan Bolivialtansa — allative Bolivialleen Boliviallensa — essive Bolivianaan Bolivianansa — translative Boliviakseen Boliviaksensa — abessive Boliviattaan Boliviattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• bolivialainen

 

compounds

• bolivianpiikkokauris
• bolivianpuumuura
• bolivianpäästäisopossumi
• boliviantsintsillarotta
• bolivianvyötiäinen

 

Galician

Alternative forms

• Bolívia (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• boliviano

Interlingua

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈli.vja/
• Rhymes: -ivja
• Hyphenation: Bo‧lì‧via

Proper noun

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• boliviano

Anagrams

• abolivi, obliavi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /boˈli.u̯i.a/, [bɔˈlʲiu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈli.vi.a/, [boˈliːviä]

Proper noun

Bolivia f sg (genitive Boliviae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Bolivia (a country in South America)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bolivia
Genitive	Boliviae
Dative	Boliviae
Accusative	Boliviam
Ablative	Boliviā
Vocative	Bolivia

Derived terms

• bolivianus

Manx

Proper noun

Yn Volivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bolivia	Volivia	Molivia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• bolivianer
• boliviansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bolivia

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• bolivian, bolivianar
• boliviansk

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈlibja/ [boˈli.β̞ja]

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• Rhymes: -ibja
• Syllabification: Bo‧li‧via

Proper noun

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)
2. A town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Related terms

• boliviana
• boliviano

 

Swedish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bolivia n (genitive Bolivias)

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• boliviansk (“Bolivian”, adjective)
• bolivian c (“Bolivian male”)
• bolivianska c (“Bolivian female”)