Maracaibo

[ mar-uh-kahy-boh; Spanish mah-rah-kahy-baw ]

/ ˌmær əˈkaɪ boʊ; Spanish ˌmɑ rɑˈkaɪ βɔ /

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noun

a seaport in northwestern Venezuela.

Lake Maracaibo, a lake in northwestern Venezuela, an extension of the Gulf of Maracaibo: the largest lake in South America. 6,300 sq. mi. (16,320 sq. km).

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Words nearby Maracaibo

marabi, marabou, marabout, marabunta, maraca, Maracaibo, Maracanda, Maracay, Maradona, marae, maraging steel

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How to use Maracaibo in a sentence

The Venezuelan customs will not even allow the Maracaibo forwarding agent the same chops, as a general rule.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers
To this fleet belonged the three ships which tried to bottle up Morgan in Lake Maracaibo.
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century|Clarence Henry Haring
They landed early in the morning, and found no more difficulty than at Maracaibo.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3)|Walter Thornbury
On arriving there the wild fire had already broken out at Maracaibo a second time, and hither he came to extinguish89 it.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3)|Walter Thornbury

From Maracaibo, the port on the lagoon of the same name, is shipped the Venezuelan coffee.
Commercial Geography|Jacques W. Redway

British Dictionary definitions for Maracaibo

Maracaibo

/ (ˌmærəˈkaɪbəʊ, Spanish maraˈkaiβo) /

noun

a port in NW Venezuela, on the channel from Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela: the second largest city in the country; University of Zulia (1891); major oil centre. Pop: 2 182 000 (2005 est)

Lake Maracaibo a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)

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