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WHAT DOES LAKE MARACAIBO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lake Maracaibo

Lake Maracaibo

Lake Maracaibo is a large brackish bay in Venezuela at 09°48′57″N 71°33′24″W / 9.81583°N 71.55667°W / 9.81583; -71.55667. It is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by Tablazo Strait at the northern end, and fed by numerous rivers, the largest being the Catatumbo. It is sometimes considered a lake rather than a bay or lagoon, and at 13,210 km² it would be the largest lake in South America. The geological record shows that it has been a true lake in the past, and as such is one of the oldest lakes on Earth at 20–36 million years old. Lake Maracaibo acts as a major shipping route to the ports of Maracaibo and Cabimas. The surrounding Maracaibo Basin contains large reserves of crude oil, making the lake a major profit center for Venezuela. A dredged channel gives oceangoing vessels access to the bay. The General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, spanning the bay's outlet, is one of the longest bridges in the world. The lake is also the location of Catatumbo lightning.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAKE MARACAIBO

Lake Huron
Lake Ilmen
Lake Kariba
Lake Kivu
Lake Ladoga
Lake Lucerne
Lake Maggiore
Lake Malawi
Lake Managua
Lake Manitoba
Lake Mead
Lake Michigan
Lake Miraflores
Lake Mistassini
Lake Nicaragua
Lake Nipigon
Lake Nipissing
Lake No
Lake Nyasa
Lake of the Woods

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAKE MARACAIBO

Abo
angwantibo
bimbo
bo
Colombo
combo
Essequibo
gazebo
hobo
Huambo
jumbo
kobo
lesbo
lobo
mambo
Maracaibo
Nebo
Ningbo
Paramaribo
Zibo

Synonyms and antonyms of Lake Maracaibo in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Lake Maracaibo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAKE MARACAIBO

Find out the translation of Lake Maracaibo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Lake Maracaibo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Lake Maracaibo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

马拉开波湖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Lago de Maracaibo
570 millions of speakers

English

Lake Maracaibo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झील Maracaibo
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بحيرة ماراكايبو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Озеро Маракайбо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Lago de Maracaibo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লেক মারকাচি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le lac de Maracaibo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tasik Maracaibo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maracaibo-See
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マラカイボ湖
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마라 카이 보 호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lake Maracaibo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hồ Maracaibo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரகைபோ ஏரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेक माराकाइबो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Maracaibo Gölü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lago di Maracaibo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Jezioro Maracaibo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

озеро Маракайбо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Lacul Maracaibo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λίμνη Μαρακαΐμπο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Lake Maracaibo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Lake Maracaibo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Lake Maracaibo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Lake Maracaibo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAKE MARACAIBO»

The term «Lake Maracaibo» is normally little used and occupies the 138.902 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAKE MARACAIBO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Lake Maracaibo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAKE MARACAIBO»

Discover the use of Lake Maracaibo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Lake Maracaibo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... and reserves—Tanzania Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela) USE Maracaibo Lake ( Venezuela) Lake Maracaibo, Battle of, 1823 USE Lake Maracaibo, Battle of, Venezuela, 1823 Lake Maracaibo, Battle of, Venezuela, 1823 UP Lake Maracaibo, ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2007
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Latin America at the End of Politics
ENEZUELA'S LAKE Maracaibo is not, in fact, a lake but instead an enormous and ecologically complex estuary. It is composed of four zones: (1) the body of water commonly called Lake Maracaibo, (2) the Maracaibo Estuary, (3) the Bay of El ...
Forrest D. Colburn, 2002
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Coastal Marine Ecosystems of Latin America
Anartia 5:1-23 Battelle (1974) Study of effects of oil discharges and domestic and industrial wastewaters on the fisheries of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1. Ecological characterization and domestic and industrial wastes. Richland, Washington ...
U. Seeliger, B. Kjerfve, 2000
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Venezuela Alive
You must drive well outside the city to see your first oil derrick rising dramatically from Lake Maracaibo. Petrochemical aromas are unknown in this tidy, attractive town. What, then has happened to Maracaibo in the last half-century?
Susan Brushaber, 1997
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... (Zaire) USE Mai-Ndombe, Lake (Zaire) Lake Malawi USE Nyasa, Lake Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela) USE Maracaibo Lake (Venezuela) Lake Maracaibo, Battle of, 1823 USE Maracaibo Lake (Venezuela), Battle of, 1823 Lake Marburg ( Pa.) ...
‎1989
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Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore ...
Two regions were especially important: Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo and the Middle East's Persian Gulf, where enormous oil deposits justified path-breaking departures in the scale and cost of offshore projects. Lake Maracaibo Venezuela's ...
Joseph A. Pratt, Tyler Priest, Christopher J. Castaneda, 1997
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Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes
In what is now the Lake Maracaibo Basin, the major south-to-north drainage of South America, the proto-Orinoco- Amazon, emptied into the Caribbean Sea (as it had done since the late Cretaceous). In the Pliocene, with the closing of the ...
James S. Albert, Roberto E. Reis, 2011
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Renato Beluche: Smuggler, Privateer and Patriot 1780-1860
Paez collected two thousand troops and headed toward the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo. He expected to cross the lake "in the many small vessels on its bosom," but he halted at Trujillo, where he found Clemente, whom Morales had ...
Jane Lucas De Grummond, 1999
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Fossil Fuels, Oil Companies, and Indigenous Peoples: ...
A general map of the PDVSA (see above) reveals that in the state of Zulia, MARAVEN in particular and in the Lake Maracaibo area, LAGOVEN have signed operating agreements with foreign oil companies. In one case, this refers to a joint ...
Tobias Haller, 2007
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The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela
Mule trains loaded with sacks of coffee made their way over well-worn mountain trails to the principal cities of the region and from there to the railroad that connected the Andes to Lake Maracaibo.24 German merchants from Maracaibo ...
Miguel Tinker Salas, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAKE MARACAIBO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Lake Maracaibo is used in the context of the following news items.
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Choco-chan comes calling
... the first of which was the Venezuela bitter containing Porcelana — the purest form of Criollo originating from the south of Lake Maracaibo. «The Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Catatumbo: Venezuela's everlasting lightning storm
Formed over the mouth of the Catatumbo river when cold mountain air collides with the heat of Lake Maracaibo, the “Catatumbo lightning” ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Venezuela to Review Relations with Guyana
... decree and its designation of the entrance to the oil-rich Lake Maracaibo as an “operative zone of integral maritime and insular defense”. «Venezuelanalysis.com, Jul 15»
4
Oil rises to $57 as Iran talks drag on
Oil rises to $57 as Iran talks drag on. Oil pumps are seen in Lake Maracaibo in the state of Zulia, Venezuela. Photo: Isaac Urrutia/Reuters. «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
5
Pirates and hold-ups
Gangs, including those that have for years prowled the waters of Lake Maracaibo, are lured by the oil sector's valuable infrastructure as ... «Saudi Gazette, Jul 15»
6
Oil slides after US stockpile build; Greece, Iran in focus
Oil pumps are seen in Lagunillas, Ciudad Ojeda, in Lake Maracaibo in the state of Zulia, Venezuela, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
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CORRECTED-INSIGHT-Pirates and hold-ups: crime strikes …
... western Venezuela, armed gangs known as "pirates" sometimes ride boats into muggy Lake Maracaibo to steal equipment from oil wells. «Reuters Africa, Jun 15»
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'Pirates' are stealing equipment from Venezuela's biggest oil refinery
Lake Maracaibo venezuela Isaac Urrutia/ReutersA raft is seen in Lake Maracaibo with oil pumps in the background, in Lagunillas, Ciudad ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
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Venezuela Proposes Bilateral Commission to Resolve Maritime …
... the strategic maritime strip located at the entrance to oil-rich Lake Maracaibo an “operative zone of integral maritime and insular defense”. «Venezuelanalysis.com, Jun 15»
10
The evolution of a petroleum geologist after the Scopes Monkey Trial
Scopes ended up in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo as an assistant field engineer. But illness and danger conspired against fulfilling his full ... «Platts, Jun 15»

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