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• Sucre
  Sucre

  noun

  Antonio José de 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
• sucre
  sucre

  noun

  the former standard monetary unit of Ecuador (before the adoption of the US dollar in 2000), divided into 100 centavos

Sucre

American  

[soo-kre] / ˈsu krɛ /

noun

1. Antonio José de 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.

2. a city in and the official capital of Bolivia, in the S part.

3. (lowercase) a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Ecuador, equal to 100 centavos. S.

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Sucre ¹ British  

/ ˈsukre /

noun

1. Former name (until 1839): Chuquisaca.  the legal capital of Bolivia, in the south central part of the country in the E Andes: university (1624). Pop: 231 000 (2005 est)

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Sucre ² British  

/ ˈsukre /

noun

1. Antonio José de (anˈtonjo xoˈse de). 1795–1830, South American liberator, born in Venezuela, who assisted Bolivar in the colonial revolt against Spain; first president of Bolivia (1826–28)

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sucre ³ British  

/ ˈsukre /

noun

1. the former standard monetary unit of Ecuador (before the adoption of the US dollar in 2000), divided into 100 centavos

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Etymology

Origin of sucre

C19: after Antonio José de _Sucre