Santa Marta

[ san-tuh mahr-tuh; Spanish sahn-tah mahr-tah ]

noun

1. a seaport in northwestern Colombia.
2. a cactus, Heliocereus speciosus, of Mexico and Central America, having scarlet flowers 6–7 inches (15–17 centimeters) long.

Santa Marta

/ ˈsanta ˈmarta /

noun

1. a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: the oldest city in Colombia, founded in 1525; terminus of the Atlantic railway from Bogotá (opened 1961). Pop: 454 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In 2008, the first Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) was implemented in the Santa Marta slum in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro.

From The Daily Beast

And the fifth day after (6th July), we had sight of the high land of Santa Marta; but came not near the shore by ten leagues.

From Project Gutenberg

These islands were generally uninhabited, but on the 22nd of May he came to one to which he gave the name of Santa Marta.

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Among the books and papers in the chest was a parchment case on which was written 'Mission of Santa Marta,' and the date '1531.'

From Project Gutenberg

The story of the exploit is merely a repetition of what happened at Santa Marta.

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Santa Marta lay before him scarcely two hundred yards away, and he felt his heart throb painfully.

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