HOW TO PRONOUNCE
bolivar
/ˈbɑləvɚ/
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What does bolivar mean?
noun
- Alternative spelling of bolívar.
- Alternative form of bolívar.
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States.
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proper noun
- A village in Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Hardeman County, Tennessee.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɑləvɚ/
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While yet a midshipman, he accompanied Mr. Cockburn to Caraccas and had a sight of Bolivar.
It was the period of the conflict of the republics of South America with the King of Spain, of Bolivar against Morillo.
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Think of Caesar, Bonaparte, Luther, Frederick the Great, Cromwell, Barbarossa, Innocent III, Bolivar, Hannibal, Alexander, and to come down to our own time, Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Bismarck, Wagner, Garibaldi and Cecil Rhodes.
Caesar became the master of the Roman people and the senate under the pretense of supporting the democratic claims of the former against the aristocracy of the latter; Cromwell, in the character of protector of the liberties of the people, became the dictator of England, and Bolivar possessed himself of unlimited power with the title of his country's liberator.