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Barinas

American  
[bah-ree-nahs] / bɑˈri nɑs /

noun

  1. a city in W Venezuela.


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Superlano was a candidate for governor of Barinas, where Chávez was born, in 2021.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Maritza Carrizo, an asylum seeker from Barinas, Venezuela, sat on a bunk bed at a migrant shelter.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

Mr. Chávez’s brother, Argenis Chávez, suffered a humiliating defeat by the opposition when running for governor in the late president’s home state of Barinas.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022

Though opposition parties were broadly defeated in the regional votes in November, they did notch a victory for the governorship of Barinas, traditionally a ruling party stronghold, in a re-run this month.

From Reuters • Jan. 24, 2022

Two years more than half a century ago there lived a Creole trader of some wealth in the little town of Araure, in the province of Barinas, upon the outskirts of the Llanos.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various