Cartagena
Americannoun
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a seaport in SE Spain.
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a seaport in N Colombia.
noun
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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)
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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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The mayor of the nearby city of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, wrote on social media that the electricity company truck was working on cables belonging to a building next to the track.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Once we boarded the ship in Rome, we unpacked and didn’t pull the suitcases out again until the last night—and my mom still got to see Cartagena, Malaga, Tenerife and Gibraltar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Looking for a church to pray in after finding out his girlfriend was pregnant, he stumbled upon the Sanctuary of St. Peter Claver in Cartagena, which displays its namesake’s remains.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
The San José sank in 1708 as it sailed from what is now Panama towards the port city of Cartagena in Colombia.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
He was one of the first to enter the town of St. Domingo when it was assaulted; and in the subsequent attack on Cartagena he was seriously wounded.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
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