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Colombian

British  
/ kəˈlɒmbɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Colombia or its inhabitants

"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

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Colombia

"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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He celebrated the affair wearing a spectacular getup largely sourced from Colombian fashion designer Adriana Kanal of KNL Style: padded, black-and-white wings over a latex vest, a fishnetted top and sky-high platform boots.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

He had big boots to fill as well after Viktor Gyokeres departed for Arsenal with the Colombian his direct replacement.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“And part of being Colombian is that there’s so many things outside of the normal.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“I’m not the perfect candidate, nobody is,” he told Semana, a Colombian magazine, last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Even on Earth, the skin of a Colombian golden poison frog had a waaaaay lower LD50—the Lethal Dose needed to kill 50% of a test population.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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