name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə/
Received-Pronunciation:/-əz-/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˌvɛnəzˈwɛjlə/
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US:/ˌvɛnəzˈweɪlə/
US:/ˌvɛnəzˈwɛlə/
US:/ˌvɛnɛzˈweɪlə/
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Australian, New-Zealand:/ˌvenəzˈwæɪlə/
Scotland:/ˌvɛnəzˈwelə/
rhymes with -eɪlə
rhymes with -ɛlə
CMU ARPABET:V EH2 N IH0 Z W EY1 L AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Republic of Venezuela
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: South American country, South American nation
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola, diminutive of Venezia (“Venice”), after the stilt houses reminiscent of Venetian architecture.
Across languages
Translations
109 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
Венесуела
(Veneswela)
— country
Afrikaans:
Venezuela
— country
Albanian:
Venezuelë
— country
Albanian:
Venezuela
— country
Amharic:
ቬኔዝዌላ
(venezwela)
— country
Arabic:
فِنْزُوِيلَا
(fenzuwēlā)
— country
Arabic:
فنزويلا
(finizwēla)
— country
Armenian:
Վենեսուելա
(Venesuela)
— country
Asturian:
Venezuela
— country
Azerbaijani:
Venesuela
— country
Basque:
Venezuela
— country
Belarusian:
Венесуэ́ла
(Vjenjesuéla)
— country
Belarusian:
Вэнэсуэ́ла
(Venesuéla)
— country
Bengali:
ভেনেজুয়েলা
(bhenejuẏela)
— country
Breton:
Venezuela
— country
Bulgarian:
Венецуе́ла
(Venecuéla)
— country
Burmese:
ဗင်နီဇွဲလား
(bangnijwai:la:)
— country
Catalan:
Veneçuela
— country
Cherokee:
ᏪᏁᏑᏪᎳ
(wenesuwela)
— country
Chinese Cantonese:
委內瑞拉 /委内瑞拉
(wai2 noi6 seoi6 laai1)
— country
Chinese Mandarin:
委內瑞拉 /委内瑞拉
(Wěinèiruìlā)
— country
West Circassian:
Венесуэлэ
(Venesɛlɛ)
— country
Corsican:
Venezuela
— country
Czech:
Venezuela
— country
Danish:
Venezuela
— country
Dhivehi:
ވެނެޒުއޭލާ
(venezuēlā)
— country
Dutch:
Venezuela
— country
Esperanto:
Venezuelo
— country
Estonian:
Venezuela
— country
Faroese:
Venesuela
— country
Finnish:
Venezuela
— country
Franco-Provençal:
Vènèçuèla
— country
French:
Venezuela
— country
French:
Vénézuéla
— country
North Frisian:
Weenesuela
— country
West-Frisian:
Fenezuëla
— country
Galician:
Venezuela
— country
Georgian:
ვენესუელა
(venesuela)
— country
German:
Venezuela
— country
Greek:
Βενεζουέλα
(Venezouéla)
— country
Haitian Creole:
Venezuela
— country
Hebrew:
וֶנֶצוּאֶלָה
(venetsuéla)
— country
Hindi:
वेनेज़ुएला
(venezuelā)
— country
Hungarian:
Venezuela
— country
Icelandic:
Venesúela
— country
Indonesian:
Venezuela
— country
Interlingua:
Venezuela
— country
Irish:
Veiniséala
— country
Italian:
Venezuela
— country
Japanese:
ベネズエラ
(Benezuera)
— country
Japanese:
ベネスエラ
(Benesuera)
— country
Japanese:
ヴェネズエラ
(Venezuera)
— country
Kazakh:
Венесуэла
(Venesuéla)
— country
Khmer:
វេណេហ្ស៊ុយអេឡា
(veineezuyʼeelaa)
— country
Korean:
베네수엘라
(Benesuella)
— country
Northern Kurdish:
Venezuela
— country
Kyrgyz:
Венесуэла
(Venesuela)
— country
Lao:
ເວເນຊູເອລາ
(wē nē sū ʼē lā)
— country
Lao:
ເວເນຊຸເອລາ
(wē nē su ʼē lā)
— country
Latin:
Venetiola
— country
Latvian:
Venecuēla
— country
Lithuanian:
Venesuela
— country
Macedonian:
Венецуе́ла
(Venecuéla)
— country
Malay:
Venezuela
— country
Maltese:
il-Venezwela
— country
Manx:
Venesuela
— country
Māori:
Wenehūera
— country
Mongolian:
Венесуэл
(Venesuel)
— country
Navajo:
Táłkááʼ Bighan Dineʼé bikéyah
— country
Norman:
Venezuela
— country
Norwegian Bokmål:
Venezuela
— country
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Venezuela
— country
Occitan:
Veneçuèla
— country
Pashto:
ونزوېلا
(wenezuelā)
— country
Dari:
وِنِزْویلَا
(winizwēlā)
— country
Iranian Persian:
وِنِزوئِلا
(venezu'elâ)
— country