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Car⋅ta⋅ge⋅na

[kahr-tuh-jee-nuh; Sp. kahr-tah-he-nah]
–noun
1. a seaport in SE Spain. 146,904.
2. a seaport in N Colombia. 292,512.
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Car·ta·ge·na   (kär'tä-hě'nä)   
  1. A city of northwest Colombia on the Bay of Cartagena, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Founded in 1533, Cartagena was once the richest port on the Spanish Main. Population: 871,000.

  2. A city of southeast Spain on the Mediterranean Sea south-southeast of Murcia. It was settled c. 225 B.C. and soon became the chief Carthaginian sea base in Spain. Population: 207,000.

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