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Ciudad Bolívar

8.1029°N -63.5470°W · Q26906

One English word in this atlas traces back to Ciudad Bolívar. It sits in Venezuela.

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angosturanoun · 19th century
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The bitters are named for a river town now called Ciudad Bolívar.

Angostura was the colonial name of a town on a narrowing of the Orinoco, now Ciudad Bolívar. A local bark and the bitters made from recipes associated with the town kept the old place-name.

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