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Tag: zulia

Definitions tagged zulia in the street dictionary.

Caja Seca

A district in Zulia State, Venezuela, located in the Sucre Municipality. It serves as a major crossroads for many nearby towns, making it a busy commercial hub supported by a local agricultural industry.

Let's go visit the Torondoy Dairy Plant in Caja Seca.

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Venezuelaby Johanabra30

Encontrados

A Venezuelan town in the state of Zulia located at the junction of the Zulia and Catatumbo rivers (the name literally means met or encountered). It is a major ranching hub known for cattle, pigs, and poultry. Due to the stifling heat and humidity, residents commonly gather every day to cool off with beers.

That beer we had in Encontrados was so cold.

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Venezuelaby Johanabra30

Santa Bárbara del Zulia

A city in Venezuela located south of Lake Maracaibo in the state of Zulia. It is a major producer of beef, dairy products, plantains, papaya (lechosa), and passion fruit (parchita). The area is known for having an extremely hot and humid climate.

It is so hot in Santa Bárbara del Zulia.

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Venezuelaby Johanabra30

Río Zulia

The Río Zulia is the primary source of water for the Catatumbo River, flowing for 310 km through Colombia and Venezuela. Its waters are heavily contaminated because the river is used as a dumping ground for sewage and trash.

The Río Zulia stinks!

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Venezuelaby Johanabra30

Puente Del Lago De Maracaibo

The General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, locally called the bridge over the lake, crosses the narrowest point of Lake Maracaibo in the state of Zulia, linking Maracaibo to the rest of Venezuela. Named after a local independence hero, it is one of the longest bridges in the world and a massive feat of concrete engineering. (The bridge is the ultimate symbol of regional identity for the people of Zulia).

When I go to Maracaibo and I start crossing the Puente Del Lago De Maracaibo, I feel such a great emotion that my mind gets cloudy.

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Venezuelaby Johanabra30

Maracaibo

Maracaibo is a Venezuelan city and the capital of Zulia state, located in the northwest. It is the most significant economic hub in western Venezuela due to the oil industry concentrated around Lake Maracaibo. It ranks as the second most populated and economically important city in the country, following the national capital.

Maracaibo is beautiful.

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Venezuelaby Johanabra30

Mojito

A traditional dish from the Zulia state consisting of fried fish prepared with garlic, lime, and coconut milk (Zulia is a state in western Venezuela with its own distinct culinary traditions).

Bring me a plate of mojito. They only make mojito right in Maracaibo.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Marabino

A person from the city of Maracaibo in Zulia state. This is the formal term for someone also known as a Maracucho. (Maracaibo is Venezuela's second largest city and capital of the state of Zulia).

The most famous Marabino in Venezuela. Everyone loves Marabinos.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Chinita

An affectionate nickname for the Virgin of Chiquinquira, the patron saint of the state of Zulia (Zulia is a region in western Venezuela where this religious icon is a central symbol of local identity).

I am going to go see the Chinita. The Chinita is in Maracaibo.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

maracucho

A person from the city of Maracaibo in the state of Zulia (Maracaibo is Venezuela's second largest city and is famous for its intense heat and very distinct regional dialect).

"Hey, are you a maracucho?" "Everything good, maracucho? How is the heat?"

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

mollejúo

An adjective or adverb used in the Zulia region of Venezuela to describe something massive, huge, or enormous. (Zulia is known for its distinct regional dialect and the frequent use of molleja and its derivatives as versatile intensifiers).

That building is mollejúo! I bought you the laundry detergent, the mollejúo size. I went to buy Madonna concert tickets: the line was mollejúa. I got lost in the mall parking lot, it is way too mollejúo.

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Venezuelaby Anónimo

Mardito

The son of a man named Mardo (this is a phonetic pun on the word maldito, meaning damned or bastard, common in the Zulia region of Venezuela).

Mardito, you are just like your father, that big guy Mardo.

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Venezuelaby Anónimo