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Bolivar
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bolivar bolívar Bolívar
English
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Etymology
Most places named Bolivar are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a South American leader—even those whose en naturalize linguistics naturalized English name does not use the Spanish-language orthography or pronunciation.
Pronunciation
Usually either en /ˈbɒlɪvɚ/ or en /bəˈliːvaɹ/, depending on each place's local tradition.
Proper noun
en city/county seat co/Polk County s/Missouri c/USA.
en village twp:Suf/Lawrence co/Tuscarawas County s/Ohio.
en city/county seat co/Hardeman County s/Tennessee.
Derived terms
en Bolivar County
en Bolivar Peninsula
See also
For a comprehensive list of places named Bolivar or Bolívar worldwide, see Bolívar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.
Noun
en bolívar.
en Mining and Metallurgy 10 1929 450 and 452 https://books.google.com/books?id=UAcBIoDbITAC&q=Bolivars The mining law of 1925 places taxes at two Bolivars ($0.39) per hectare on property not in operation. The 125,000,000 Bolivars surplus in the treasury, while not a great deal of money in London or New York ($25,000,000) denotes a condition of things in Venezuela that the British and French like.
en Charlotte Mijares Blood, Sweat and Cheers: A Madman’s Rise to Fame in Professional Wrestling San Jose, Calif. Writers Club Press 2000 173 https://archive.org/details/bloodsweatcheers00mija/page/173/mode/1up 0-595-09808-8 “These people want to buy some arepas. How much are they?” “They are two Bolivars apiece, and I haven’t gone yet.”
en Mercer The Global Manager’s Guide to Living and Working Abroad: Western Europe and the Americas Westport, Conn. Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group 2009 287 https://archive.org/details/globalmanagersgu0000unse/page/287/mode/1up 978-0-313-35883-8 The Venezuelan unit of currency is the Bolivar (VEB). The Bolivar is nominally subdivided into 100 céntimos, although coins denominated in céntimos no longer circulate.
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Bolívar 2 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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tl Spanish < Basque
tl province r/La Libertad c/Peru
Statistics
Bolivar 901st 10,440