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Definition of Bolivia
1. Noun. A landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain.
Geographical relationships: Cnpz, Eln, National Liberation Army, Nestor Paz Zamora Commission, Egtk, Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army
Group relationships: Oas, Organization Of American States
Generic synonyms: South American Country, South American Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Bolivia, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Sucre, Ancohuma, Andes, Illampu, Illimani, Sajama
Group relationships: South America
Member holonyms: Bolivian
Derivative terms: Bolivian
2. Noun. A form of canasta in which sequences can be melded.
Definition of Bolivia
1. Proper noun. A country in South America. Capital cities: Sucre (constitutional capital), La Paz (seat of government). Largest city: Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. ¹
2. Noun. (uncountable card games) A card game, similar to rummy and canasta. ¹
3. Noun. (context: card games) A meld of seven wild cards in said card game. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bolivia
1. a soft fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolivia
Literary usage of Bolivia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"(Peru, Bolivia), Barbacoan (Colombia), ... Tupian (Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, &c.
... of Bolivia and Peru in Ethn. Soe. Journal, NS, II (London. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The sheep pasturing in the highlands of Bolivia are supposed to number about ...
The eastern or more thickly-wooded parts of Bolivia are inhabited by a ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"Bolivia, an independent republic of South America. (For particulars relating to
area, territorial division, and population, see " Annual Cyclopaedia" for ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"ras ) Boundary-line of Chili and Bolivia. Map, p. 816. A - the canses of the
present war between Chili and the allied Republics of Bolivia and Peru involve ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1914)
"The Tin Situation in Bolivia. BY HOWLAND BANCROFT, DENVER, COLO. (Butte Meeting,
August, 1913.) THIS article is not presented as a treatise on tin mines and ..."
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