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Cartagena

[ kahr-tuh-jee-nuh; Spanish kahr-tah-he-nah ]

noun

  1. a seaport in SE Spain.
  2. a seaport in N Colombia.


Cartagena

/ ˌkɑːtəˈdʒiːnə; kartaˈxena /

noun

  1. a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: centre for the Inquisition and the slave trade in the 16th century; chief oil port of Colombia. Pop: 1 002 000 (2005 est)
  2. a port in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean: important since Carthaginian and Roman times for its minerals. Pop: 194 203 (2003 est)


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Example Sentences

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

Paradoxically, when asked earlier this year to name his favorite vacation spot, Radel named Cartagena, Colombia.

Consider the Sixth Summit of the Americas, held at Cartagena, Colombia, two weeks ago.

In Cartagena, he adds, “these women sometimes look to meet people perhaps in the hope of going abroad and having a better future.”

In an exclusive, a Cartagena cabdriver recounts his morning after with the women involved in the Secret Service scandal.

The city of Cartagena is the largest and most flourishing in the neighborhood of the Isthmus, and has a good harbor.

Sir Chaloner Ogle, afterward distinguished in the Cartagena expedition, and admiral of the fleet.

It did not appear; but Drake did, with the fleet which had just been employed in sacking Cartagena.

We were sighted long before nightfall by a trading vessel, were taken on board, and landed at Cartagena in Spain.

Morillo soon had Venezuela under his thumb, and, planting garrisons throughout it, proceeded to lay siege to Cartagena.

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