[bol-uh-ver, buh-lee-vahr; Sp. baw-lee-vahr] 
[baw-lee-vah-res] . | a coin and monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: B. |
[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·li·var (bō-lē'vär, bŏl'ə-vər) n. pl. bo·li·vars or bo·li·va·res (bō-lē'vä-rěs') See Table at currency. [American Spanish bolívar, after Simón Bolívar.] |
| 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. |
bolivar
monetary unit of Venezuela. Each bolivar fuerte is divided into 100 centimos (cents). The bolivar fuerte (the equivalent of 1,000 bolivares) was introduced in 2008 in an attempt to curb high inflation and simplify financial transactions. It replaced the bolivar, which had been adopted as Venezuela's monetary unit in 1879. Prior to 1879, independent Venezuela used three separate currencies: the escudo, the peso, and the venezolano.
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