Ma'anar ƙamus na "Jamhuriyar Venezuela" ita ce:Ƙasa ce mai cikakken iko da ke arewacin Kudancin Amirka. Tana iyaka da Colombia zuwa yamma, Guyana a gabas, Brazil a kudu, tekun Caribbean a arewa, da Trinidad da Tobago a arewa maso gabas. Babban birninta shine Caracas, kuma harshen hukuma shine Mutanen Espanya. Venezuela ta sami 'yencin kanta daga Spain a shekara ta 1821 kuma tun daga lokacin ake gudanar da mulkinta a matsayin jamhuriyar tsarin mulki ta tarayya, tare da tsarin jam'iyyu da yawa da kuma raba iko tsakanin bangaren zartarwa, 'yan majalisa da na shari'a na gwamnati.