Popayán

[ paw-pah-yahn ]

noun
  1. a city in SW Colombia.

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How to use Popayán in a sentence

  • We were approaching the house, when we caught sight of Paul Lobo galloping towards us from the direction of Popayan.

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  • The plain, or I may call it the wide valley of Popayan, lies between two ranges of lofty mountains.

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  • We had got more than half-way to Egido, when we overtook a large party of Indians returning from Popayan to their own village.

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  • I replied that I would gladly do so, but that at present my father wished me to remain with him at Popayan.

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  • On hearing this, the commandant of Popayan immediately sent a despatch entreating the general to return.

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