Bolivia

[buh-liv-ee-uh, boh-, baw-lee-vyah]

noun

1. a republic in western South America. 404,388 sq. mi. (1,047,370 sq. km). La Paz and Sucre.

Bolivia

/ bəˈlɪvɪə /

noun

1. an inland republic in central S America: original Aymará Indian population conquered by the Incas in the 13th century; colonized by Spain from 1538; became a republic in 1825; consists of low plains in the east, with ranges of the Andes rising to over 6400 m (21 000 ft) and the Altiplano, a plateau averaging 3900 m (13 000 ft) in the west; contains some of the world's highest inhabited regions; important producer of tin and other minerals. Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: boliviano. Capital: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial). Pop: 10 461 053 (2013 est). Area: 1 098 580 sq km (424 260 sq miles)

Bolivia

1. Republic in western South America, bordered by Chile and Peru to the west, Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, and Argentina to the south. Sucre is its constitutional capital and its largest city; La Paz is its administrative capital.

The Bolivian government has long fought widespread drug production and trafficking in the country.

Simón Bolívar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spanish rule.

Other Word Forms

• anti-Bolivian adjective
• Bolivian adjective
• pro-Bolivian adjective
• pseudo-Bolivian adjective

Example Sentences

Argentina, Bolivia and Chile sit atop half of the world’s lithium resources.

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Washington expelled Bolivia's ambassador in retaliation, and the envoys were never replaced.

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Bolivia's president fired his justice minister Thursday after discovering the man inaugurated just two weeks earlier had failed to disclose having received a three-year prison sentence.

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Japan beat Brazil for the first time in October and followed that up with convincing wins over Ghana and Bolivia to end the year on a high.

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And Bolivia - who finished seventh in South America - are not certain to play a team from Oceania, which would be New Caledonia.

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