# Bolivia
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and New Latin Bolivia (“land of Bolivar”), from the South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar + -ia (forming placenames), from the Spanish surname Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain, from Basque bolu (“windmill”) + ibar (“valley”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/
* (US) IPA: /boʊˈlɪv.i.ə/, /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪviə

### Proper noun

Bolivia
* A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
    Synonym: (historical) Upper Peru
* A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
* (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.

#### Translations
### See also

* Bolivian
* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Bolivia
* definite nominative singular of Bolivi

## Asturian
### Proper noun

Bolivia f
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

## Breton
### Proper noun

Bolivia
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Bolivia
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Bolivia
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Bolivia
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bolivia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌboːˈli.vi.aː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Bo‧li‧via

### Proper noun

Bolivia n
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* Boliviaan
* Boliviaans

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish Bolivia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboliʋiɑ/, [ˈbo̞liˌʋiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: Bo‧li‧via

### Proper noun

Bolivia
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Bolivia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Boliviani
accusative
nom.
Boliviani
gen.
Boliviani
genitive
Boliviani
partitive
Boliviaani
inessive
Boliviassani
elative
Boliviastani
illative
Boliviaani
adessive
Boliviallani
ablative
Bolivialtani
allative
Bolivialleni
essive
Bolivianani
translative
Boliviakseni
abessive
Boliviattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Boliviasi
accusative
nom.
Boliviasi
gen.
Boliviasi
genitive
Boliviasi
partitive
Boliviaasi
inessive
Boliviassasi
elative
Boliviastasi
illative
Boliviaasi
adessive
Boliviallasi
ablative
Bolivialtasi
allative
Boliviallesi
essive
Bolivianasi
translative
Boliviaksesi
abessive
Boliviattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Boliviamme
accusative
nom.
Boliviamme
gen.
Boliviamme
genitive
Boliviamme
partitive
Boliviaamme
inessive
Boliviassamme
elative
Boliviastamme
illative
Boliviaamme
adessive
Boliviallamme
ablative
Bolivialtamme
allative
Boliviallemme
essive
Bolivianamme
translative
Boliviaksemme
abessive
Boliviattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Bolivianne
accusative
nom.
Bolivianne
gen.
Bolivianne
genitive
Bolivianne
partitive
Boliviaanne
inessive
Boliviassanne
elative
Boliviastanne
illative
Boliviaanne
adessive
Boliviallanne
ablative
Bolivialtanne
allative
Boliviallenne
essive
Boliviananne
translative
Boliviaksenne
abessive
Boliviattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Boliviansa
accusative
nom.
Boliviansa
gen.
Boliviansa
genitive
Boliviansa
partitive
Boliviaansa
inessive
Boliviassaan Boliviassansa
elative
Boliviastaan Boliviastansa
illative
Boliviaansa
adessive
Boliviallaan Boliviallansa
ablative
Bolivialtaan Bolivialtansa
allative
Bolivialleen Boliviallensa
essive
Bolivianaan Bolivianansa
translative
Boliviakseen Boliviaksensa
abessive
Boliviattaan Boliviattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* bolivialainen
* bolivianpiikkokauris
* bolivianpuumuura
* bolivianpäästäisopossumi
* boliviantsintsillarotta
* bolivianvyötiäinen

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* Bolívia (reintegrationist)

### Proper noun

Bolivia f
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* boliviano

## Interlingua
### Proper noun

Bolivia
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boˈli.vja/
* Rhymes: -ivja
* Hyphenation: Bo‧lì‧via

### Proper noun

Bolivia f
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* boliviano

### Anagrams

* abolivi, obliavi

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /boˈli.u̯i.a/, [bɔˈlʲiu̯iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /boˈli.vi.a/, [boˈliːviä]

### Proper noun

Bolivia f sg (genitive Boliviae); first declension
* (New Latin) Bolivia (a country in South America)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Derived terms

* bolivianus

## Manx
### Proper noun

Yn Volivia f
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Bolivia
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* bolivianer
* boliviansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Bolivia
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* bolivian, bolivianar
* boliviansk

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Bolivia f
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Bolív(ar) +‎ -ia; coined by Bolivian pastor and deputy Manuel Martín Cruz in October 1825 stating, “if from Romulus, Rome; from Bolivar, Bolivia”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boˈlibja/ [boˈli.β̞ja]
* Audio (Peru); “Bolivia; capital: La Paz”:(file)
* Rhymes: -ibja
* Syllabification: Bo‧li‧via

### Proper noun

Bolivia f
* Bolivia (a country in South America)
* A town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

#### Related terms

* boliviana
* boliviano

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan statesman; Bolívar's own name derives from the village of Bolibar in Spanish Biscay. Its name comes from the Basque bolu (“windmill”) and ibar (“valley”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Bolivia n (genitive Bolivias)
* Bolivia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* boliviansk (“Bolivian”, adjective)
* bolivian c (“Bolivian male”)
* bolivianska c (“Bolivian female”)

### References

* Bolivia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH