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Venezuela

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Flag of Venezuela

Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. 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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Albanian

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Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. definite nominative singular of Venezuelë

Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Venezuela f

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela.

Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

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Further reading

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.

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Proper noun

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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.]

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Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From Spanish Venezuela.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

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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

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French

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Venezuela m

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Bolivarische Republik Venezuela)

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Haitian Creole

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Proper noun

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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[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

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 Venezuela on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Venezuela

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

Declension

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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 —

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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Venezuela m

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
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References

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  1. ^ “Venezuela” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.lɐ/, (faster) /ve.neˈzwɛ.lɐ/
 

  • Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

Proper noun

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Venezuela f

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

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Romanian

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Venezuela f

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Serbo-Croatian

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Wikipedia has articles on:

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋenezuěla/
  • Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

Proper noun

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Venezuèla f (Cyrillic spelling Венезуѐла, relational adjective venezùelskī, demonym Venezuélac, female demonym Venezùēlka)

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

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Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veɲezuela/, [ˈʋeɲezuela]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

Proper noun

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

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

References

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  • “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

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Venezuéla f

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

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Unknown tone or non-tonal
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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
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Further reading

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  • “Venezuela”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

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Etymology

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

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Venezuela f

  1. 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.
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  2. a town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
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Further reading

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Venezuela.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fenes(y)wˈei̯la/, [fɪ̞nɪ̞s(y)wˈɪ̞i̯la̠], [fe̝ne̝s(y)wˈe̝i̯lɑ̟]

Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Venezuela n (genitive Venezuelas)

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
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Tatar

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Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

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Declension of Venezuela
nominative Venezuela
genitive Venezuelanıñ
dative Venezuelaga
accusative Venezuelanı
locative Venezuelada
ablative Venezueladan

Turkish

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Wikipedia tr

Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Proper noun

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Venezuela

  1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

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Declension of Venezuela
singular
nominative Venezuela
definite accusative Venezuela'yı
dative Venezuela'ya
locative Venezuela'da
ablative Venezuela'dan
genitive Venezuela'nın