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Caracas

Caracas

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The capital and largest city of Venezuela in the north of the country
  • proper noun
  • /kəˈrɑːkəs/
: Caracas
  • Nuevo Circo was the largest amphitheater in Caracas at that time.
  • Caracas, Venezuela
  • Buenos Aires and Caracas
  • Bogota and Caracas

Examples

  • Carlos Andres Perez, the champion of democracy, has had to face two movements, two crises in Caracas.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Residents of the Caracas barrio of Artigas participate in a communal council neighborhood assembly in late 2006.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I'm flying down to Caracas tonight to smooth things out at the capital

    Mega Piranha (2010)

  • I've been held up in Caracas for a while with a fever.

    Arachnophobia (1990)

  • Flight time to Caracas, Venezuela, this evening is five hours and 32 minutes.

    The Next Three Days (2010)

  • I was asked by an anarchist newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela, to write about our recent election.

    Blog text (21)

  • We moved to Caracas, Venezuela, when I was two years old, and I spoke fluent Spanish in nursery school.

  • An important scientific workshop on queen conch was held in Caracas, Venezuela, in July 1991.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Caracas, Venezuela.

    The Trotsky (2010)

  • I'm flying down to Caracas tonight to smooth things out at the capital.

Surface Forms

Caracas main

Etymology

Caracas comes from the name of the native people who lived in the valley before the Spanish arrived, often written as Caraca or Karaka. A helpful way to remember the city is to think of it as the 'place of the Caracas people', which is why the capital kept that name.