Bo·lí·var (b -l  vär), Pico A mountain, 5,005.4 m (16,411 ft) high, of western Venezuela in the Cordillera Mérida south of Lake Maracaibo. It is the highest elevation in the range and in the country. |
| Bolívar, Simón Known as "the Liberator." 1783-1830. South American revolutionary leader who defeated the Spanish in 1819, was made president of Greater Colombia (now Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador), and helped liberate (1823-1834) Peru and Bolivia. |
bolívar [ˈbɒlɪˌvɑː (Spanish) boˈliβar]
n pl -vars, -vares [-βares]
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos
[named after Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), South American soldier and liberator]
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