Bolivia.
A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
Meaning & usage
A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ti Proto-Italic *melō Latin molō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin molīnus Late Latin molīnumlbor. Basque boluder. Proto-Basque *ibar Basque ibarder. Basque Bolibarbor. Spanish Bolívar Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -εία (-eía)der. Spanish -ia Spanish Boliviabor. English Bolivia Borrowed from Spanish 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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