Bolivia

Meanings

1. A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
2. A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
3. Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
4. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

1. A card game similar to rummy and canasta.
2. A meld of seven wild cards in said card game.

Etymology

Etymology 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 surname Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain, from Basque bolu (“windmill”) + ibar (“valley”).