Maracaibo

[ mar-uh-kahy-boh; Spanish mah-rah-kahy-baw ]

noun

1. a seaport in northwestern Venezuela.
2. Gulf of Maracaibo. Gulf of Venezuela.
3. Lake Maracaibo, a lake in northwestern Venezuela, an extension of the Gulf of Maracaibo: the largest lake in South America. 6,300 sq. mi. (16,320 sq. km).

Maracaibo

/ ˌmærəˈkaɪbəʊ; maraˈkaiβo /

noun

1. a port in NW Venezuela, on the channel from Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela: the second largest city in the country; University of Zulia (1891); major oil centre. Pop: 2 182 000 (2005 est)
2. Lake Maracaibo
   Lake Maracaibo a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The Venezuelan customs will not even allow the Maracaibo forwarding agent the same chops, as a general rule.

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To this fleet belonged the three ships which tried to bottle up Morgan in Lake Maracaibo.

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They landed early in the morning, and found no more difficulty than at Maracaibo.

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On arriving there the wild fire had already broken out at Maracaibo a second time, and hither he came to extinguish89 it.

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From Maracaibo, the port on the lagoon of the same name, is shipped the Venezuelan coffee.

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