Bolivia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bolivia"

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /boʊˈlɪv.i.ə/, /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /boˈliv.jɐ/

• Audio (UK):

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• 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.

   Synonym: (historical) Upper Peru

3. A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
   • 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^[1], archived from the original on 2 July 2022:

     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.

4. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
5. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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)
• Dzongkha: བོ་ལི་ཝིཡ (bo li wiy)
• Breton: Bolivia
• Bulgarian: Боли́вия f (Bolívija)
• Burmese: ဘိုလီးဗီးယား (bhuili:bi:ya:)
• Catalan: Bolívia (ca) f
• 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)
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} Volívia

• Hebrew: בּוֹלִיבְיָה (he) f (bolívya)
• Hindi: बोलीविया m (bolīviyā)
• 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 (ky) (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
• Māori: Poriwia
• Marathi: बोलिव्हिया m (bolivhiyā)
• Meru: Bolivia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Боливи (Bolivi)

• Nahuatl:

  Central Huasteca Nahuatl: Bolivia

  Central Nahuatl: Bolivia

• 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

  Latin: Bolívija (sh) f

• Sinhalese: බොලිවියාව (boliwiyāwa)
• Slovak: Bolívia (sk) f
• Slovene: Bolivija (sl) f
• Spanish: Bolivia (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Bolifia
• Swahili: Bolivia (sw)
• Swedish: Bolivia (sv) n
• Tagalog: Bolibya
• Tajik: Боливия (Boliviya)
• Tamil: பொலிவியா (poliviyā)
• 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: Bòlífíà

See also

• Bolivian

countries in South America (appendix)edit

• 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
• Hyphenation^(key): Bo‧li‧via

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 Latin) IPA^(key): [bɔˈlɪ.wi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [boˈliː.vi.a]

Proper noun

Bolivia f sg (genitive Boliviae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	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

Mutation of Bolivia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bolivia	Volivia	Molivia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bolivia f

1. Bolivia (a country in South America)

Spanish

Etymology

From Bolív(ar) +‎ -ia; coined by Bolivian pastor and deputy Manuel Martín Cruz in October 1825 stating, “if from Romulus, Rome; from Bolivar, Bolivia”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈlibja/ [boˈli.β̞ja]

• Audio (Peru); “Bolivia; capital: La Paz”:

  (file)

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

Proper noun

Bolivia f

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

Related terms

• boliviana
• boliviano

See also

countries in South America: países de Suramérica (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Perú
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

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

• Audio:

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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”)

See also

countries in South America: Sydamerikas länder (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasilien
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

References

• Bolivia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH