[bol-uh-ver, buh-lee-vahr; Sp. baw-lee-vahr] 
| 1. | Si⋅món [sahy-muh n; Sp. see-mawn] , (“El Libertador”), 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule. |
| 2. | Pico, a mountain in W Venezuela, in the Cordillera Mérida: highest elevation in Venezuela. 16,411 ft. (5007 m). |
| Bo·lí·var (bō-lē'vär) A mountain, 5,005.4 m (16,411 ft) high, of western Venezuela in the Cordillera Mérida south of Lake Maracaibo. It is the highest elevation in the range and in the country. |
| Bolívar, Simón Known as "the Liberator." 1783-1830. South American revolutionary leader who defeated the Spanish in 1819, was made president of Greater Colombia (now Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador), and helped liberate (1823-1834) Peru and Bolivia. |