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Venezuelan

Venezuelan

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A person from Venezuela
  • noun
  • /ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlən/
: venezolano
  • As a proud Venezuelan, she shared stories of her childhood in Caracas with her friends.
  • Guillen, a Venezuelan
  • fellow Venezuelan
  • year-old Venezuelan

You go see me with so many Venezuelans, Costa Ricans, Ecuadorians.

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Examples

  • Overall with the Class A Potomac Nationals (60-71), the 22-year-old Venezuelan is batting .263 with 18 doubles, three triples, three homers, and 23 stolen bases.

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  • Find a place to live, Either share an apartment with some other Venezuelans or rent A room somewhere.

  • Using Bolivar as an icon of his policy touches the heart of every Venezuelan.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Like every Venezuelan, when on an international stage, I'm acutely mindful of the troubled history my beloved country has endured.

  • A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement.

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  • The young Venezuelan artist won first place in the national painting competition.

  • Every Venezuelan family celebrates Independence Day with parades and traditional music.

Synonyms

Latino
vsVenezuelan
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A person born in Latin America or whose family comes from there

refers to someone from one country by birth or residence rather than by family origin
Latin American
vsVenezuelan
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A person who comes from Latin America

refers to someone from one specific country rather than a whole region

Surface Forms

Venezuelan singular
Venezuelans plural

Morphology

Venezuelan = Venezuela (transparent) = Venezuela + an

A standard demonym formation: 'Venezuela' + '-an' clearly yields 'a person from Venezuela'.

Etymology

Venezuelan comes from the country name Venezuela, which early explorers called 'Little Venice' after seeing houses on stilts over the water that reminded them of Venice. So a Venezuelan is a person from that country.