# Bolivia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/ · frequency rank #14,279

## Definitions
1. A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.
2. A small town, the county seat of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.
3. Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
4. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish and New Latin Bolivia (“land of Bolivar”), from the South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar + -ia (forming placenames), from the Spanish surname Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain, from Basque bolu (“windmill”) + ibar (“valley”).

## Easily confused with
- **bulimia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolivia-vs-bulimia)
- **Bolivian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolivia-vs-bolivian)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbolivia`, `bloivia`, `boilvia`, `boliiva`, `bolivai`, `bolivvia`, `bollivia`, `bolviia`, `oblivia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bolivia