Barquisimeto

[bahr-kee-see-me-taw]

noun

1. a city in N Venezuela.

Barquisimeto

/ barkisiˈmeto /

noun

1. a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

"I am from Barquisimeto, which is a small town, and it is eight hours on the bus, because it's so slow," she explains.

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A native of Barquisimeto — the hometown of Gustavo Dudamel, the L.A.

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“If I had known how dangerous it was going to be, I would have stayed to die in Venezuela with my family,” said Félix Rodríguez, a migrant from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, who was traveling with his wife and two sons, aged 13 and 14.

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Last month, Yaner Fung shuttered the small supermarket he had owned in western Barquisimeto for 15 years.

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Then he said he hoped his journey from Barquisimeto to some of the world’s most prestigious stages would be an inspiration.

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