Meaning

noun a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain

noun a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded

originEtymology tree Basque boluder. Proto-Basque *ibar Basque ibarder. Basque Bolibarbor. Spanish Bolívar Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios New Latin -ius New Latin -ia New Latin Boliviabor. English Bolivia Borrowed from Spanish and New Latin Bolivia (“land of Bolivar”), from the South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar + -ia (forming placenames), from the Spanish…

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