Venezuela
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola, diminutive of Venezia (“Venice”), after the stilt houses reminiscent of Venetian architecture.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə/, /-əz-/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˌvɛnəzˈwɛjlə/
Audio (Standard Southern British): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌvɛnəzˈweɪlə/, /ˌvɛnəzˈwɛlə/, /ˌvɛnɛzˈweɪlə/
- (Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌvenəzˈwæɪlə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌvɛnəzˈwelə/
- Rhymes: -eɪlə, -ɛlə
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
- 2025 January 22, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Priscilla Alvarez, “Congress passes immigrant detention bill in first legislative win for Trump”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2025:
- 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.
- 2025 December 20, Rob Schneider, AmericaFest 2025 speech[2]:
- You know, Venezuela. It is kind of next to Argentina, I think. I am not exactly sure, but it is definitely below Mexico. Probably. Like all Americans, I pride myself on not being very good at geology or geography, whatever it is called.
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
Asturian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]Central Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Central Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela.
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela f (relational adjective venezuelský, demonym Venezuelan or Venezuelec)
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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), 2008–2026
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌveː.nə.zyˈeː.laː/, /ˌveː.neː.zyˈeː.laː/
Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
- Rhymes: -eːlaː
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela n
- Venezuela (a country in South America) [from 19th c.]
- (historical) Venezuela (South American province of the Spanish Empire) [from 18th c.]
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋenetsuelɑ/, [ˈʋe̞ne̞tˌs̠ue̞lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uelɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
- Hyphenation(key): Ve‧ne‧zue‧la
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Venezuela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| 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. | ||
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Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela m
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish Venezuela, from Old Spanish Veneçuela (diminutive of Venecia (“Venice”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /veneˈtsu̯eːla/, [ˌveː.ne.t͡suˈ(ʔ)eː.la], [ˌvɛ-], [-nə-], (seldom) [-ˈt͡sʋeː.la]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela n (proper noun, genitive Venezuelas or (optionally with an article) Venezuela)
- Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Bolivarische Republik Venezuela)
Derived terms
[edit]Haitian Creole
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
- 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik[3], archived from the original on 28 December 2025:
- 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Venezuelai Bolivári Köztársaság)
Declension
[edit]| 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 | — |
| 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
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ve.net.t͡suˈɛ.la/, /ve.ned.d͡zuˈɛ.la/, /ve.netˈt͡swɛ.la/, /ve.nedˈd͡zwɛ.la/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛla
- Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧è‧la, Ve‧ne‧zuè‧la
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela m
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Venezuela” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuèla f (Cyrillic spelling Венезуѐла, relational adjective venezùelskī, demonym Venezuélac, female demonym Venezùēlka)
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela f (genitive singular Venezuely, declension pattern of žena)
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
References
[edit]- “Venezuela”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuéla f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Venezuéla | |
| genitive | Venezuéle | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Venezuéla | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Venezuéle | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Venezuéli | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Venezuélo | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Venezuéli | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Venezuélo | |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Venezuela”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish Veneçuela (from Old Spanish Venecia (“Venice”) + -uela).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /beneˈθwela/ [be.neˈθwe.la] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /beneˈswela/ [be.neˈswe.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Peru); “Venezuela; capital: Caracas”: (file) Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: Ve‧ne‧zue‧la
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
- 2024 October 20, EFE, “Nueva caravana migrante con miles de personas sale de la frontera sur de México hacia Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español[4], archived from the original on 4 December 2024:
- Desde hace casi dos meses, García salió de Venezuela tras el conflicto causado por las elecciones presidenciales del 28 de julio pasado, y compartió que su viaje ha consistido en caminar solo y transportarse en autobús por días, y esta madrugada, se unió al contingente desde la puerta sur.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Venezuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Venezuela.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela n (genitive Venezuelas)
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Venezuela”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Tatar
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | Venezuela |
|---|---|
| genitive | Venezuelanıñ |
| dative | Venezuelaga |
| accusative | Venezuelanı |
| locative | Venezuelada |
| ablative | Venezueladan |
Turkish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Venezuela |
| definite accusative | Venezuela'yı |
| dative | Venezuela'ya |
| locative | Venezuela'da |
| ablative | Venezuela'dan |
| genitive | Venezuela'nın |
| 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 |



