Standard Lemma guide

Venezuela

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-əz-/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˌvɛnəzˈwɛjlə/
  • SSB Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌvɛnəzˈweɪlə/
  • US: /ˌvɛnəzˈwɛlə/
  • US: /ˌvɛnɛzˈweɪlə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Polish: Wenezuela — country
  • Portuguese: Venezuela — country
  • Romanian: Venezuela — country
  • Russian: Венесуэ́ла (Venesuéla) — country
  • Serbo-Croatian: Венезуела — country
  • Serbo-Croatian: Венецуела — country
  • Serbo-Croatian: Venezuela — country
  • Serbo-Croatian: Venecuela — country
  • Sicilian: Vinizzuela — country
  • Sinhalese: වෙනිසියුලාව (wenisiyulāwa) — country
  • Slovak: Venezuela — country
  • Slovene: Venezuela — country
  • Spanish: Venezuela — country
  • Swahili: Venezuela — country
  • Swedish: Venezuela — country
  • Tagalog: Beneswela — country
  • Tagalog: Benesuwela — country
  • Tajik: Венесуэла (Venesuela) — country
  • Tatar: Венесуэла (Wenesuʹla) — country
  • Thai: เวเนซุเอลา (wee-nee-sú-ee-lâa) — country
  • Tibetan: ཝེ་ནེ་ཟུའེ་ལ (we ne zu'e la) — country
  • Tigrinya: ቬኔዝዌላ (venezwela) — country
  • Turkish: Venezuela — country
  • Turkmen: Wenesuela — country
  • Ukrainian: Венесуе́ла (Venesuéla) — country
  • Urdu: وینِیزْویلا (venīzvelā) — country
  • Urdu: وینِزْویلا (venizvelā) — country
  • Uyghur: ۋېنېسۇئېلا (wënësu'ëla) — country
  • Uzbek: Venesuela — country
  • Vietnamese: Vê-nê-du-ê-la — country
  • Welsh: Feneswela — country
  • Yiddish: ווענעזועלע (venezuele) — country
  • Yoruba: Fẹnẹṣuẹla — country
Real reading context

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