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Buenaventura

American  
[bwey-nuh-ven-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh, bwe-nah-ven-too-rah] / ˌbweɪ nə vɛnˈtʊər ə, -ˈtyʊər ə, ˌbwɛ nɑ ḇɛnˈtu rɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in western Colombia.


Buenaventura British  
/ bwenaβenˈtura /

noun

  1. a major port in W Colombia, on the Pacific coast. Pop: 250 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Guardiola's right-hand man Manel Estiarte, fitness coach Lorenzo Buenaventura and long-serving goalkeeping coach Xabi Mancisidor were all recognised for their contributions too, with the trio also set to depart.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

“Everything is going up,” said Ariel Buenaventura, a doorman at a 16-story red-brick building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“They don’t choose it, they’re forced into it,” said Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, bishop of Buenaventura.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

It was processed elsewhere before being sold nationally or smuggled to the Pacific port city of Buenaventura and exported.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2023

About three hundred and fifty persons, principally Frenchmen, are engaged in working the Buenaventura mines, which yield from two to three ounces per day to each man.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

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