Venezuela

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛn.ɪˈzweɪ.lə/, /ˌvɛn.ɛzˈweɪ.lə/, /ˌvɛn.əˈzweɪ.lə/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Venezuela

2. A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Derived terms

• Venezuelan

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Венесуела (Veneswela)
• Adyghe: Венесуэлэ (Veeneesuele)
• Afrikaans: Venezuela
• Albanian: Venezuelë f (indefinite), Venezuela (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ቬኔዝዌላ (venezwela)
• Arabic: فِنْزُوِيلَا‎ f (fenzuwēlā)

  Hijazi Arabic: ڤنزويلا‎ f (vinizwēla, vinzuwilla)

• Armenian: Վենեսուելա (Venesuela)
• Asturian: Venezuela (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Venesuela (az)
• Basque: Venezuela (eu)
• Belarusian: Венесуэ́ла f (Vjenjesuéla), Вэнэсуэ́ла f (Venesuéla) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: ভেনেজুয়েলা (bn) (bhenejuẏela)
• Breton: Venezuela
• Bulgarian: Венецуе́ла (bg) f (Venecuéla)
• Burmese: ဗင်နီဇွဲလား (bangnijwai:la:)
• Catalan: Veneçuela (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏪᏁᏑᏪᎳ (wenesuwela)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 委內瑞拉／委内瑞拉 (zh) (Wěinèiruìlā)

• Corsican: Venezuela m
• Czech: Venezuela (cs) f
• Danish: Venezuela (da) n
• Dhivehi: ވެނެޒުއޭލާ‎ (venezuēlā)
• Dutch: Venezuela (nl) n
• Esperanto: Venezuelo (eo)
• Estonian: Venezuela (et)
• Faroese: Venesuela n
• Finnish: Venezuela (fi)
• French: Venezuela (fr) m, Vénézuéla (fr) m
• Galician: Venezuela (gl) f
• Georgian: ვენესუელა (venesuela)
• German: Venezuela (de) n
• Greek: Βενεζουέλα (el) f (Venezouéla)
• Hebrew: וֶנֶצוּאֶלָה‎ (he) f (venetsuéla)
• Hindi: वेनेज़ुएला (hi) m (venezuelā)
• Icelandic: Venesúela (is) f
• Indonesian: Venezuela (id)
• Interlingua: Venezuela
• Irish: Veiniséala f
• Italian: Venezuela (it) m
• Japanese: ベネズエラ (ja) (Benezuera), ベネスエラ (Benesuela), ヴェネズエラ (Venezuera)
• Kazakh: Венесуэла (Venesuéla)
• Khmer: វេណេហ្ស៊ុយអេឡា (veineezuyʼeelaa)
• Korean: 베네수엘라 (ko) (Benesuella)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Venezuela (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Венесуэла (Venesuela)
• Lao: ເວເນຊູເອລາ (wē nē sū ʼē lā)
• Latin: Venetiola f
• Latvian: Venecuēla (lv)
• Lithuanian: Venesuela (lt) f
• Macedonian: Венецуе́ла (mk) f (Venecuéla)
• Malay: Venezuela
• Maltese: il-Venezwela f
• Manx: Venesuela f
• Maori: Wenehūera
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Венесуэл (Venesuel)

• Navajo: Táłkááʼ Bighan Dineʼé bikéyah
• Norman: Venezuela m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Venezuela n

  Nynorsk: Venezuela (nn) n

• Occitan: Veneçuèla (oc) m
• Pashto: ونزوېلا‎ f (wenezuelā)
• Persian: ونزوئلا‎ (venezu'elâ)
• Polish: Wenezuela (pl) f
• Portuguese: Venezuela (pt) f
• Romanian: Venezuela (ro) f
• Russian: Венесуэ́ла (ru) f (Venesuéla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Венезуела f, Венецуела f

  Roman: Venezuela (sh) f, Venecuela f

• Sinhalese: වෙනිසියුලාව (wenisiyulāwa)
• Slovak: Venezuela f
• Slovene: Venezuela (sl) f
• Spanish: Venezuela (es) f
• Swahili: Venezuela (sw)
• Swedish: Venezuela (sv)
• Tagalog: Beneswela (tl), Benesuwela
• Tajik: Венесуэла (Venesuela)
• Tatar: Венесуэла (Wenesuela)
• Thai: เวเนซุเอลา (th) (wee-nee-sú-ee-lâa)
• Tibetan: ཝེ་ནེ་ཟུའེ་ལ (we ne zu'e la)
• Tigrinya: ቬኔዝዌላ (venezwela)
• Turkish: Venezuela (tr)
• Turkmen: Wenesuela
• Ukrainian: Венесуе́ла (uk) f (Venesuéla)
• Urdu: وینیزویلا‎ m (venīzvelā), وینزویلا‎ m (venizvelā)
• Uyghur: ۋېنېسۇئېلا‎ (wënësu'ëla)
• Uzbek: Venesuela (uz)
• Vietnamese: Vê-nê-du-ê-la
• Welsh: Feneswela
• West Frisian: Fenezuëla
• Yiddish: ווענעזועלע‎ f (venezuele)
• Yoruba: Fẹnẹṣuẹla

See also

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Albanian

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. definite nominative singular of Venezuelë

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beneˈθwela/, [be.neˈθwe.la]

Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• venezolanu

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela.

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Czech

Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• Venezuelan
• Venezuelec
• venezuelský

 

Further reading

• Venezuela in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Venezuela in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌveː.nə.zyˈeː.laː/, /ˌveː.neː.zyˈeː.laː/
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• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
• Rhymes: -eːlaː

Proper noun

Venezuela n

1. Venezuela (a country in South America) [from 19th c.]
2. (historical) Venezuela (South American province of the Spanish Empire) [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• Venezuelaan

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Venezuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋenetsuelɑ/, [ˈʋe̞ne̞t̪ˌs̠ue̞lɑ]
• Rhymes: -uelɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Venezuela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Venezuela	—
genitive		Venezuelan	—
partitive		Venezuelaa	—
illative		Venezuelaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Venezuela	—
accusative	nom.	Venezuela	—
	gen.	Venezuelan
genitive		Venezuelan	—
partitive		Venezuelaa	—
inessive		Venezuelassa	—
elative		Venezuelasta	—
illative		Venezuelaan	—
adessive		Venezuelalla	—
ablative		Venezuelalta	—
allative		Venezuelalle	—
essive		Venezuelana	—
translative		Venezuelaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Venezuelatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Venezuela (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Venezuelani	Venezuelamme
2nd person	Venezuelasi	Venezuelanne
3rd person	Venezuelansa

French

Alternative forms

• Vénézuéla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zɥe.la/

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Proper noun

Venezuela m

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• vénézuélien
• Vénézuélien/Vénézuélienne
• Venise

German

Etymology

From Spanish Venezuela, from Old Spanish Veneçuela (diminutive of Venecia (“Venice”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /venet͡suˈeːla/, /venet͡suˈʔeːla/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela n (proper noun, genitive Venezuelas or (optionally with an article) Venezuela)

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

   Synonym: Bolivarische Republik Venezuela

Derived terms

• Venezolaner
• venezolanisch

Haitian Creole

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
   • 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎^[1]:

     Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”

     American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to speak about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛnɛzuɛlɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Venezuela	—
accusative	Venezuelát	—
dative	Venezuelának	—
instrumental	Venezuelával	—
causal-final	Venezueláért	—
translative	Venezuelává	—
terminative	Venezueláig	—
essive-formal	Venezuelaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Venezuelában	—
superessive	Venezuelán	—
adessive	Venezuelánál	—
illative	Venezuelába	—
sublative	Venezuelára	—
allative	Venezuelához	—
elative	Venezuelából	—
delative	Venezueláról	—
ablative	Venezuelától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Venezueláé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Venezueláéi	—

Possessive forms of Venezuela
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Venezuelám	—
2nd person sing.	Venezuelád	—
3rd person sing.	Venezuelája	—
1st person plural	Venezuelánk	—
2nd person plural	Venezuelátok	—
3rd person plural	Venezuelájuk	—

Derived terms

• venezuelai

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.net.t͡suˈɛ.la/, /ve.ned.d͡zuˈɛ.la/, /ve.netˈt͡swɛ.la/, /ve.nedˈd͡zwɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: Ve‧ne‧zu‧è‧la, Ve‧ne‧zuè‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela m

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• Venezia
• venezolano
• venezuelano

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• venezuelaner
• venezuelansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• venezuelan, venezuelanar
• venezuelansk

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.lɐ/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.lɐ/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.la/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.la], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.nɨˈzwɛ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• venezuelano

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvenezuela]

Proper noun

Venezuela f (genitive singular Venezuely, declension pattern of žena)

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

References

• Venezuela in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish Veneçuela (from Venecia (“Venice”) + -uela).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beneˈθwela/ [be.neˈθwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /beneˈswela/ [be.neˈswe.la]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: Ve‧ne‧zue‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
2. A town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Related terms

• venezolanismo
• venezolano

Further reading

• “Venezuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Proper noun

Venezuela n (genitive Venezuelas)

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• venezuelan
• venezuelansk

Tatar

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

    declension of Venezuela

Nominative	Venezuela
Genitive	Venezuelanıñ
Dative	Venezuelaga
Accusative	Venezuelanı
Locative	Venezuelada
Ablative	Venezueladan

Turkish

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

declension of Venezuela

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Venezuela
accusative (belirtme)	Venezuela'yı
dative (yönelme)	Venezuela'ya
locative (bulunma)	Venezuela'da
ablative (çıkma)	Venezuela'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	Venezuela'nın

    possessive of Venezuela

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Venezuela'm	Venezuelalarım / Venezuela'larım
senin (your)	Venezuela'n	Venezuelaların / Venezuela'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Venezuela'sı	Venezuelaları / Venezuela'ları
bizim (our)	Venezuela'mız	Venezuelalarımız / Venezuela'larımız
sizin (your)	Venezuela'nız	Venezuelalarınız / Venezuela'larınız
onların (their)	Venezuela'sı / Venezuelaları / Venezuela'ları	Venezuelaları / Venezuela'ları

Derived terms

• Venezuelalı

See also

• (countries of South America) Güney Amerika ülkesi; Arjantin, Bolivya, Brezilya, Ekvador, Guyana, Kolombiya, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Şili, Uruguay, Venezuela

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)