# Venezuela
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola, diminutive of Venezia (“Venice”), after the stilt houses reminiscent of Venetian architecture.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˌvɛn.ɪˈzweɪ.lə/, /ˌvɛn.ɛzˈweɪ.lə/, /ˌvɛn.əˈzweɪ.lə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪlə

### Proper noun

Venezuela
* A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
** 2025 January 22, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Priscilla Alvarez, “Congress passes immigrant detention bill in first legislative win for Trump”, in CNN‎:The legislation is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year old Georgia student who was killed last year while out for a run. An undocumented migrant from Venezuela was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in the case that reignited a national debate over immigration and crime.

#### Derived terms

* Venezuelan

#### Translations
### See also

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

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Venezuela
* definite nominative singular of Venezuelë

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beneˈθwela/ [be.neˈθwe.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: Ve‧ne‧zue‧la

### Proper noun

Venezuela f
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* venezolanu

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

## Central Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela.

### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛnɛzuɛla]

### Proper noun

Venezuela f (relational adjective venezuelský, demonym Venezuelan or Venezuelec)
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Venezuela”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Venezuela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Venezuela”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌveː.nə.zyˈeː.laː/, /ˌveː.neː.zyˈeː.laː/
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
* Rhymes: -eːlaː

### Proper noun

Venezuela n
* Venezuela (a country in South America) [from 19th c.]
* (historical) Venezuela (South American province of the Spanish Empire) [from 18th c.]

#### Derived terms

* Venezuelaan

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish Venezuela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋenetsuelɑ/, [ˈʋe̞ne̞tˌs̠ue̞lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -uelɑ
* Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zue‧la

### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Venezuela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Venezuelani
accusative
nom.
Venezuelani
gen.
Venezuelani
genitive
Venezuelani
partitive
Venezuelaani
inessive
Venezuelassani
elative
Venezuelastani
illative
Venezuelaani
adessive
Venezuelallani
ablative
Venezuelaltani
allative
Venezuelalleni
essive
Venezuelanani
translative
Venezuelakseni
abessive
Venezuelattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Venezuelasi
accusative
nom.
Venezuelasi
gen.
Venezuelasi
genitive
Venezuelasi
partitive
Venezuelaasi
inessive
Venezuelassasi
elative
Venezuelastasi
illative
Venezuelaasi
adessive
Venezuelallasi
ablative
Venezuelaltasi
allative
Venezuelallesi
essive
Venezuelanasi
translative
Venezuelaksesi
abessive
Venezuelattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Venezuelamme
accusative
nom.
Venezuelamme
gen.
Venezuelamme
genitive
Venezuelamme
partitive
Venezuelaamme
inessive
Venezuelassamme
elative
Venezuelastamme
illative
Venezuelaamme
adessive
Venezuelallamme
ablative
Venezuelaltamme
allative
Venezuelallemme
essive
Venezuelanamme
translative
Venezuelaksemme
abessive
Venezuelattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Venezuelanne
accusative
nom.
Venezuelanne
gen.
Venezuelanne
genitive
Venezuelanne
partitive
Venezuelaanne
inessive
Venezuelassanne
elative
Venezuelastanne
illative
Venezuelaanne
adessive
Venezuelallanne
ablative
Venezuelaltanne
allative
Venezuelallenne
essive
Venezuelananne
translative
Venezuelaksenne
abessive
Venezuelattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Venezuelansa
accusative
nom.
Venezuelansa
gen.
Venezuelansa
genitive
Venezuelansa
partitive
Venezuelaansa
inessive
Venezuelassaan Venezuelassansa
elative
Venezuelastaan Venezuelastansa
illative
Venezuelaansa
adessive
Venezuelallaan Venezuelallansa
ablative
Venezuelaltaan Venezuelaltansa
allative
Venezuelalleen Venezuelallensa
essive
Venezuelanaan Venezuelanansa
translative
Venezuelakseen Venezuelaksensa
abessive
Venezuelattaan Venezuelattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* venezuelalainen
* venezuelanvillaopossumi
* venezuelanvyötiäinen

## French
### Alternative forms

* Vénézuéla

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve.ne.zɥe.la/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Venezuela m
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* vénézuélien
* Vénézuélien/Vénézuélienne
* Venise

## German
### Etymology

From Spanish Venezuela, from Old Spanish Veneçuela (diminutive of Venecia (“Venice”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /veneˈtsu̯eːla/, [ˌveː.ne.t͡suˈ(ʔ)eː.la], [ˌvɛ-], [-nə-], (seldom) [-ˈt͡sʋeː.la]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

### Proper noun

Venezuela n (proper noun, genitive Venezuelas or (optionally with an article) Venezuela)
* Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Bolivarische Republik Venezuela)

#### Derived terms

* Venezolaner
* venezolanisch

## Haitian Creole
### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)
** 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎:Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to speak about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛnɛzuɛlɒ]
* Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
* Rhymes: -lɒ

### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* venezuelai

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve.net.t͡suˈɛ.la/, /ve.ned.d͡zuˈɛ.la/, /ve.netˈt͡swɛ.la/, /ve.nedˈd͡zwɛ.la/
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧è‧la, Ve‧ne‧zuè‧la

### Proper noun

Venezuela m
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* Venezia
* venezolano
* venezuelano

### References

* ↑ Venezuela in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* venezuelaner
* venezuelansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* venezuelan, venezuelanar
* venezuelansk

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.lɐ/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.lɐ/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.la/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.la], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨ.nɨˈzwɛ.lɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨ.nɨˈzwɛ.lɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɨ.nɨˈzwɛ.lɐ/
* Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

### Proper noun

Venezuela f
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* venezuelano

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Venezuela f
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈveɲezuela]

### Proper noun

Venezuela f (genitive singular Venezuely, declension pattern of žena)
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

### References

* “Venezuela”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Veneçuela (from Venecia (“Venice”) + -uela).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /beneˈθwela/ [be.neˈθwe.la]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /beneˈswela/ [be.neˈswe.la]
* Audio (Peru); “Venezuela; capital: Caracas”:(file)
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: Ve‧ne‧zue‧la

### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* venezolanismo
* venezolano

### Further reading

* “Venezuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Venezuela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fenes(y)wˈeila/, [fɪ̞nɪ̞s(y)wˈɪ̞ila̠], [fe̝ne̝s(y)wˈe̝ilɑ̟]

### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Venezuela n (genitive Venezuelas)
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* venezuelan
* venezuelansk
* venezuelanska

### Further reading

* Venezuela in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tatar
### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* Venezuelalı

### See also

* Arjantin
* Bolivya
* Brezilya
* Ekvador
* Guyana
* Kolombiya
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Surinam
* Şili
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Venezuela
* Venezuela (a country in South America)