bolívar
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A Spanish family name and sometimes a man's first name
- proper noun
- /boʊˈliːvɑr/
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Bolívar
- After tracing his ancestry, he discovered that Bolívar was a common name in his family tree.
Examples
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The historian wrote about the impact of Simón Bolívar on Latin American identity.
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Many families in Venezuela have the surname bolívar as a part of their heritage.
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"Just six months before the devaluation, for example, the opposition think tank Ecoanaltica urged the government to devalue the bolívar to 5.5 to the dollar.
Academic text (2010)
Surface Forms
bolívar main
Etymology
Bolívar is a Spanish family name and sometimes a man's first name, best known from the liberator Simón Bolívar. A helpful way to remember it is that people use this name to honour that famous leader.
