Bolivar

(redirected from Boliver)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Financial.

Bolivar

Simon . 1783--1830, South American soldier and liberator. He drove the Spaniards from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and hoped to set up a republican confederation, but was prevented by separatist movements in Venezuela and Colombia (1829--30). Upper Peru became a separate state and was called Bolivia in his honour

Bolivar

a department in northern Colombia located on a plain and bounded on the east by the Magdalena River. Area, 26,400 sq km; population, 820,800 (1969). Its administrative center is Cartagena. Much of the land is devoted to livestock grazing, and there are crop-producing areas with tobacco, rice, sugarcane, cotton, and fruit-growing (bananas and other fruits) plantations. Bolivar has stockpiles of valuable timber. Petroleum is extracted and refined, and there are food-processing and textile industries.

Bolivar

a French term designating a wide-brimmed men’s hat that was fashionable in a number of countries in the 1820’s.

References in periodicals archive ?

That is not the case with A Zen Romance by Deborah Boliver Boehm.

The Cloister Walk

Dr Boliver, a lecturer in the School of Applied Social Sciences, said: "We need not only to continue the widening participation work already being undertaken, but also to take a closer look at the admissions process to identify where access could be made fairer.

Access to leading university 'not fair'

Watson purchased it for $695,000 in August 2005 from The James Boliver Conner Revocable Trust.

Country club deal

Audrey Boliver, chair of governors at the school, said: "We are very pleased to have this new facility for our students.

Black Country News: New base just the job say pupils; WOLVERHAMPTON

Knowles was born April 29, 1917, in Eugene to Boliver and Margaret Whitsel Gay.

OBITUARIES

Tambien intervienen Veronica Alba, Raul Adalid, Arturo Beristain, Pilar Boliver, Anna Ciocchetti, Clementina Guadarrama, Pedro Mira, Enrique Munoz, Miguel Pizarro, Roberto Sosa, Edgar Valadez y Juan Carlos Vives.

Arriaga recrea en TV: a Leona Vicario, Sor Juana y Porfirio Diaz

Alexandre was only too happy to jump in, with models like Ria Boliver already wet.

Balesin: Setting of milestone celebrations

Vikki Boliver and David Byrne show how the idea of social mobility chimes in with the neoliberal agenda: if individuals can be seen to be able to move between social classes, inequality becomes less of a problem.

Values as commodities

Gertrude is survived by: Three daughters: Laurette Bechard of Nashua, Cecile Boliver and her husband Ronald of Longs, SC, Marguerite Schmidt and her husband Conrad of Medfield; Four grandchildren: Jennifer Alexander and her husband Alex, Cynthia Taillifer and her husband James, Lauren Schmidt, Angela Schmidt; Four great-grandchildren; Logan, Luke, Cora, Carter; Three sisters; Estelle Rodier of Nashua, Jean D'Arc Vaillancourt of Nashua, Florette Lamothe of Hollis, Lorette Jette of Nashua; One brother; Wilfred Belanger and his wife Alice of Nashua; As well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Gertrude R. (Belanger) Bechard, 90

Gregory Watson acquired the house from the James Boliver Conner Revocable Trust.

Beverly buy

No homebuyer should be without The Mirror Guide To Buying A House, by Diane Boliver.

MIRROR MONEY: INVESTED INTEREST; Rapid rise in clubs playing the market

IF YOU have a money problem write to Diane Boliver, Sunday Mirror, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP.