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Bogotá

[ boh-guh-tah, boh-guh-tah; Spanish baw-gaw-tah ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Colombia, in the central part.


Bogotá

/ ˌbəʊɡəˈtɑː; boɣoˈta /

noun

  1. the capital of Colombia, on a central plateau of the E Andes: originally the centre of Chibcha civilization; founded as a city in 1538 by the Spaniards. Pop: 7 594 000 (2005 est)


Bogotá

  1. Capital of Colombia and the largest city in the country, located near the center of Colombia on a high, fertile plain.


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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Most Latin Americans celebrated the rapprochement between the United States and Cuba.

I then took a 22-hour bus ride from Bogotá to the south of Colombia.

On July 21, 1992, Gaviria gave the orders to move Escobar to a military base in Bogotá.

Upon returning to Bogotá they developed the film and found bright lights rising up from the water.

The Colombia trip includes foraging from forests outside Bogotá and eyeing orchids in Medellín (not edible).

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