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Venezuelan

Venezuelan

40 3.9
From Venezuela or about its people and culture
  • adjective
  • /ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlən/
: venezolano
  • To help us understand how Venezuela ended up here and what might happen next, we've brought on two of our trusted Venezuelan analysts.
  • Venezuelan government
  • Venezuelan economy
  • Venezuelan oil

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Examples

  • PDVSA was founded when the Venezuelan oil industry was nationalized on 1 January 1976.

    Academic text (1999)
  • There, a fascist regime is destroying the lives of the Venezuelan people.

  • So we're working with the police around the region, including officers at the Venezuelan border.

  • The government's response to the crisis has had further consequences for the Venezuelan economy.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Persons operating in the Venezuelan oil sector may now be subject to sanctions.

  • Again, there is a tendency to watch more Venezuelan programs, even among the better educated.

    Academic text (1991)
  • She's a Venezuelan girl, actually.

  • For example, it is here, he suggests, that elements of an authentic Venezuelan culture have been preserved.

    Academic text (1993)
  • In the course of the past two decades, the Venezuelan countryside was influenced by city life and modernism.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The President will deliver remarks to the Venezuelan community at Florida International University today.

Synonyms

Latino
vsVenezuelan
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Relating to the people, culture, or things of Latin America

is specific to one country rather than covering many Latin American countries

Surface Forms

Venezuelan positive

Morphology

Venezuelan = Venezuela (transparent) = Venezuela + an

A standard demonym/adjectival formation where '-an' marks relation to the country name.

Etymology

Venezuelan comes from the country name Venezuela, which means 'Little Venice' because explorers thought the riverside houses looked like Venice. So Venezuelan describes something or someone 'from Venezuela'.