Caracas

American  

[kuh-rah-kuhs, kah-rah-kahs] / kəˈrɑ kəs, kɑˈrɑ kɑs /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part.

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Caracas British  

/ -ˈrɑː-, kəˈrækəs, kaˈrakas /

noun

1. the capital of Venezuela, in the north: founded in 1567; major industrial and commercial centre, notably for oil companies. Pop: 3 276 000 (2005 est)

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Caracas Cultural  

1. Capital of Venezuela and the largest city in the country, located in northern Venezuela near the Caribbean Sea; commercial, industrial, and cultural center of the nation.

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Example Sentences

In February, Pigasse traveled to Caracas on a private plane to meet with Rodríguez, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Under the makeover, encounters between Americans and Venezuelans in Caracas feel less like bilateral meetings than audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

At least $4 billion has gone into the foreign-exchange market, said Tamara Herrera, an economist at the Caracas banking consulting firm Sintesis Financiera.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

In March, Washington and Caracas re-established diplomatic relations broken off by Maduro seven years prior.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Citra did her best to leave DNA traces on half a dozen trains before slipping onto the one bound for Caracas, on the north Amazonia coast.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman