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BOLIVAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: bolivares   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)

Synonyms:

Bolivar; El Libertador; Simon Bolivar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("bolivar" is a kind of...):

Venezuelan monetary unit (monetary unit of Venezuela)

Meronyms (parts of "bolivar"):

centimo (a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain)

Credits