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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A landlocked country of western South America. Once a part of the Inca Empire, the area was conquered by Spain in the 16th century. The country was named after Simón Bolívar, who helped win its independence from Spain in 1825. Sucre is the legal capital and the seat of the judiciary. La Paz is the administrative center and the largest city.
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- proper noun A
country inSouth America . Capital cities:Sucre (constitutional capital),La Paz (seat of government). Largest city:Santa Cruz de la Sierra . Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain
- noun a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded
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Enviar flores en bolivia es muy facil, directorio de floristerias en Bolivia - Flores Bolivia
Adventures in Bolivia Gina 2008
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BOLIVIA: When Evo Morales was elected president in Bolivia in December
Dissident Voice 2009
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Falling victim to scams in Bolivia is not uncommon.
Global Voices in English » Bolivia: Warnings of Scams in El Alto 2009
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The article on fishing in Bolivia is excellent and I also enjoyed the gear testing piece.
Got tired of waiting and bought the online edition of the july issue of F&S. 2009
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Willy Andres writes [es] that the supposed terrorism in Bolivia is very complicated and makes one think.
Global Voices in English » Bolivia: Piecing Together the Life of an Accused Terrorist 2009
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Santa Cruz in Bolivia is probably on par with Buenos Aires.
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A city of 85,000 people in Bolivia is extermely different then in the states.
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They are constently filling my glass up and overfeeding me which in Bolivia is a sign of love.
Summertime and the livin´easy… sort of « Brandino’s Bolivia Blog 2008
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Unfortunately, the steel & stone in Bolivia is not quite as durable as the steel & stone you and I have grown to love as we discover when Bond causes a baddie car to crash through a wall igniting a hydrogen tank.
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