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venezuela

UK/ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə/US/ˌvɛnəzˈweɪlə/
nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,659 of 15,258mostly written

Venezuela is the South American country of Caracas and the tallest waterfall on earth. Travel to Venezuela, born in Venezuela, the west of Venezuela.

Angel Falls drops just under a thousand metres, so much of the water turns to mist before reaching the bottom. The country holds the largest proven oil reserves in the world and has suffered one of the worst economic collapses of modern times.

Various, see File history below for details. · Public domain

Definitions of venezuela

  1. 1nounvenezuelaA country in South America.B1+

    “Caracas is the capital of Venezuela.”

venezuela is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Italian

    Veneziola

  2. Spanish

    Venezuela

  3. English

    Venezuela

  4. English, today

    venezuela

Built from

  • Venezia · Italian — Venice

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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