Venezuela

English

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Venezuela

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed 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 (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə

Proper noun

Venezuela

2. A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
   • 2025 January 22, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Priscilla Alvarez, “Congress passes immigrant detention bill in first legislative win for Trump”, in CNN‎:

     The legislation is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year old Georgia student who was killed last year while out for a run. An undocumented migrant from Venezuela was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in the case that reignited a national debate over immigration and crime.

Derived terms

• Venezuelan

Translations

country

Abkhaz: Венесуела (Veneswela) Adyghe: Венесуэлэ (Venesɛlɛ) Afrikaans: Venezuela Albanian: Venezuelë f (indefinite), Venezuela (sq) f (definite) Amharic: ቬኔዝዌላ (venezwela) Arabic: فِنْزُوِيلَا f (fenzuwēlā) Hijazi Arabic: فنزويلا f (finizwēla) 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: Cantonese: 委內瑞拉 / 委内瑞拉 (wai2 noi6 seoi6 laai1) 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 (ka) (venesuela) German: Venezuela (de) n Greek: Βενεζουέλα (el) f (Venezouéla) Hebrew: וֶנֶצוּאֶלָה (he) f (venetsuéla) Hindi: वेनेज़ुएला (hi) m (venezuelā) Hungarian: Venezuela (hu) 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 (Benesuera), ヴェネズエラ (Venezuera) Kazakh: Венесуэла (kk) (Venesuéla) Khmer: វេណេហ្ស៊ុយអេឡា (veineezuyʼeelaa) Korean: 베네수엘라 (ko) (Benesuella) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Venezuela (ku) Kyrgyz: Венесуэла (Venesuela) Lao: ເວເນຊູເອລາ (wē nē sū ʼē lā), ເວເນຊຸເອລາ (wē nē su 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) f Pashto: ونزوېلا f (wenezuelā) Persian: Dari: وِنِزْویلَا (winizwēlā) Iranian Persian: وِنِزوئِلا (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) n Tagalog: Beneswela (tl), Benesuwela Tajik: Венесуэла (Venesuela) Tatar: Венесуэла (Wenesu'la) 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: وینِیزْویلا m (venīzvelā), وینِزْویلا m (venizvelā) Uyghur: ۋېنېسۇئېلا (wënësu'ëla) Uzbek: Venesuela (uz) Vietnamese: Vê-nê-du-ê-la Welsh: Feneswela (cy) West Frisian: Fenezuëla Yiddish: ווענעזועלע f (venezuele) Yoruba: Fẹnẹṣuẹla

See also

countries in South America (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Albanian

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. definite nominative singular of Venezuelë

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

Venezuela

Wikipedia ^ast

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beneˈθwela/ [be.neˈθwe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: Ve‧ne‧zue‧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

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Venezuela

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛnɛzuɛla]

Proper noun

Venezuela f (relational adjective venezuelský, demonym Venezuelan or Venezuelec)

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Venezuela (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Venezuela
genitive	Venezuely
dative	Venezuele
accusative	Venezuelu
vocative	Venezuelo
locative	Venezuele
instrumental	Venezuelou

Further reading

• “Venezuela”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Venezuela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Venezuela”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Venezuela

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌveː.nə.zyˈeː.laː/, /ˌveː.neː.zyˈeː.laː/

• Audio (Netherlands):

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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

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Venezuela

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Spanish Venezuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋenetsuelɑ/, [ˈʋe̞ne̞tˌs̠ue̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uelɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): Ve‧ne‧zue‧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	—
abessive		Venezuelatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Venezuela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelani — accusative nom. Venezuelani — gen. Venezuelani genitive Venezuelani — partitive Venezuelaani — inessive Venezuelassani — elative Venezuelastani — illative Venezuelaani — adessive Venezuelallani — ablative Venezuelaltani — allative Venezuelalleni — essive Venezuelanani — translative Venezuelakseni — abessive Venezuelattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelasi — accusative nom. Venezuelasi — gen. Venezuelasi genitive Venezuelasi — partitive Venezuelaasi — inessive Venezuelassasi — elative Venezuelastasi — illative Venezuelaasi — adessive Venezuelallasi — ablative Venezuelaltasi — allative Venezuelallesi — essive Venezuelanasi — translative Venezuelaksesi — abessive Venezuelattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelamme — accusative nom. Venezuelamme — gen. Venezuelamme genitive Venezuelamme — partitive Venezuelaamme — inessive Venezuelassamme — elative Venezuelastamme — illative Venezuelaamme — adessive Venezuelallamme — ablative Venezuelaltamme — allative Venezuelallemme — essive Venezuelanamme — translative Venezuelaksemme — abessive Venezuelattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelanne — accusative nom. Venezuelanne — gen. Venezuelanne genitive Venezuelanne — partitive Venezuelaanne — inessive Venezuelassanne — elative Venezuelastanne — illative Venezuelaanne — adessive Venezuelallanne — ablative Venezuelaltanne — allative Venezuelallenne — essive Venezuelananne — translative Venezuelaksenne — abessive Venezuelattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelansa — accusative nom. Venezuelansa — gen. Venezuelansa genitive Venezuelansa — partitive Venezuelaansa — inessive Venezuelassaan Venezuelassansa — elative Venezuelastaan Venezuelastansa — illative Venezuelaansa — adessive Venezuelallaan Venezuelallansa — ablative Venezuelaltaan Venezuelaltansa — allative Venezuelalleen Venezuelallensa — essive Venezuelanaan Venezuelanansa — translative Venezuelakseen Venezuelaksensa — abessive Venezuelattaan Venezuelattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• venezuelalainen

compounds

• venezuelanvillaopossumi
• venezuelanvyötiäinen

French

Alternative forms

• Vénézuéla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zɥe.la/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

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Proper noun

Venezuela m

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• vénézuélien
• Vénézuélien/Vénézuélienne
• Venise

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Venezuela

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veneˈtsu̯eːla/, [ˌveː.ne.t͡suˈ(ʔ)eː.la], [ˌvɛ-], [-nə-], (seldom) [-ˈt͡sʋeː.la]

• 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; official name: 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:

     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

 Venezuela on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Venezuelai Bolivári Köztársaság)

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

See also

countries in South America: Dél-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Argentína
• Bolívia
• Brazília
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Kolumbia
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela