BOLIVAR • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Bolivar

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/bˈɑləvər/ Listen

Bolivar

noun

(pl. bolivares, bolivars)

The basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos.

Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830). Synonyms: El Libertador, Simon Bolivar.

See images of 'Bolivar'

Etymology of 'Bolivar'

Related searches:

Ciudad Bolivar

Simon Bolivar

Share |

"Bolivar" Quotes from Famous Books

... provinces of the Rio de la Plata, Chili, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico threw off the yoke of Spain woke a thrill in the people of the United States, for they thought they saw the events of their own revolution repeated in the exploits of San Martin and Bolivar. To the imagination of Henry Clay, this was a sublime spectacle—"eighteen millions of people struggling to burst their chains and be free." He would have had the United States recognize these sister republics and join hands with them ...

— Union and Democracy • Allen Johnson

... largely private, and even when established as public schools accomplished little more than their predecessors until they received an impetus from without. The first stimulus came from Miss Mann, a niece of the great educator, Horace Mann. She was sent by the Christian Commission to Bolivar, near Harper's Ferry, to open a Negro school, which in spite of militant race prejudice she maintained a year.[15] Then came the establishment of Storer College by that philanthropic worker for the uplift of the Negro ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 • Various