Maracaibo
Americannoun
-
a seaport in northwestern Venezuela.
-
Gulf of Maracaibo. Gulf of Venezuela.
-
Lake Maracaibo, a lake in northwestern Venezuela, an extension of the Gulf of Maracaibo: the largest lake in South America. 6,300 sq. mi. (16,320 sq. km).
noun
-
a port in NW Venezuela, on the channel from Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela: the second largest city in the country; University of Zulia (1891); major oil centre. Pop: 2 182 000 (2005 est)
-
a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On Friday, he rallied with supporters in his hometown of Maracaibo, Venezuela's second city.
From Barron's
This is the dismal tableau today in Venezuela’s Maracaibo Basin, which, for much of the last century, was one of the globe’s leading sources of petroleum.
From Los Angeles Times
On Tuesday Mr. Guanipa’s son said his father had been returned to his home in Maracaibo in the state of Zulia, and placed under house arrest.
But for now, the area around Lake Maracaibo stands as a stark reminder of how much the country's fortunes have declined over the decades.
From BBC
A clutch of small Chinese companies in recent years have stepped into Venezuela production deals, including one that several months ago floated a sophisticated new drilling platform onto Lake Maracaibo, a major production area.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
