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

On Saturday, the U.S. embassy in Caracas warned U.S. citizens not to travel to Venezuela and any citizens currently in the country to “leave the country immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times

Machado has been in Europe since last month, when she made a dangerous escape from the Caracas suburb where she had been living in hiding for a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cuba, which is struggling through its worst economic crisis in decades, has reacted defiantly to the US threats even as it reels from the loss of a key source of economic support from Caracas.

From Barron's

After hearing about the planned prisoner release, Ramón Guanipa took the first available flight from Maracaibo, in the east of the country, to Caracas.

From BBC

Just a few months later, Lewis made the trip to Caracas with other businessmen and met with Venezuelan officials including at PdVSA, according to the person familiar with Lewis’s thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal