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Medellín

[ me-the-yeen ]

noun

  1. a city in W Colombia.


Medellín

/ meðeˈʎin /

noun

  1. a city in W Colombia, at an altitude of 1554 m (5100 ft): the second largest city in the country, with three universities; important coffee centre, with large textile mills; dominated by drug cartels in recent years. Pop: 3 236 000 (2005 est)


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I was roasted by the sun in Cartagena and walked the once deadly streets of Medellin in the rain.

There, Blanco reportedly was trying to go clean, plowing her earnings into commerce, including a lingerie shop in Medellin.

Ladewig told the Daily Beast that he met Medellin while hiking with Campos-Martinez in Griffith Park.

The tipster reportedly received email messages stating that: “Medellin was in Mexico and had not returned.”

Hayes also said that Medellin was not killed by a drug cartel.

To hold the district he founded the towns of Medellin and Espritu Santo.

Here he assumed an incognito, and proceeded on foot fifteen miles to Medellin.

He was a native of Medellin, a hidalgo, and his father had been alcalde of a fortress.

Here the ground is more open and more elevated, sloping up from the flats by the river till it culminates in the hill of Medellin.

Leaving at eight o'clock in the morning we were at Medellin in an hour.

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