Venezuela

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Venezuela

/ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə/ UK
/-əz-/ UK
/ˌvɛnəzˈwɛjlə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˌvɛnəzˈweɪlə/ US
/ˌvɛnəzˈwɛlə/ US
/ˌvɛnɛzˈweɪlə/ US
/ˌvenəzˈwæɪlə/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˌvɛnəzˈwelə/ Scotland

Rhymes with -eɪlə, -ɛlə

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: honduras, peru, guyana, vanuatu, venezuelan, namibia, nigeria, poland, japan, india, greece, caracas, country, crc, chavez, valenzuela

Translations

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name country

Español	Venezuela
한국어	베네수엘라 Benesuella
日本語	ベネズエラ Benezuera, ベネスエラ Benesuera, ヴェネズエラ Venezuera
中文	委內瑞拉 /委内瑞拉 Wěinèiruìlā
हिन्दी	वेनेज़ुएला venezuelā
Kiswahili	Venezuela
Português	Venezuela
Français	Venezuela, Vénézuéla
Deutsch	Venezuela
Italiano	Venezuela
Ελληνικά	Βενεζουέλα Venezouéla
Română	Venezuela
Русский	Венесуэ́ла Venesuéla
Tiếng Việt	Vê-nê-du-ê-la
العربية	فِنْزُوِيلَا fenzuwēlā
עברית	וֶנֶצוּאֶלָה venetsuéla

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"Venezuela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/venezuela. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Venezuela. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/venezuela

Chicago

"Venezuela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/venezuela.

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@misc{venezuela_2026,
  title = {Venezuela},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/venezuela},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}