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    BOLIVIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A form of canasta in which sequences can be meldedplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

    basket rummy; canasta; meld (a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spainplay

    Synonyms:

    Bolivia; Republic of Bolivia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    South American country; South American nation (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent)

    Meronyms (parts of "Bolivia"):

    capital of Bolivia; La Paz (capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia)

    Santa Cruz (a city in central Bolivia)

    Sucre (the judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia)

    Ancohuma (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,960 feet high))

    Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)

    Illampu (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high))

    Illimani (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high))

    Sajama (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high))

    Meronyms (members of "Bolivia"):

    Bolivian (a native or inhabitant of Bolivia)

    Domain member region:

    CNPZ; ELN; National Liberation Army; Nestor Paz Zamora Commission (a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s)

    EGTK; Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army (a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings)

    Holonyms ("Bolivia" is a part of...):

    South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

    Holonyms ("Bolivia" is a member of...):

    OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

    Derivation:

    Bolivian (of or relating to or characteristic of Bolivia or its people)

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