Medellín

[me-the-yeen]

noun

1. a city in W Colombia.

Medellín

/ meðeˈʎin /

noun

1. a city in W Colombia, at an altitude of 1554 m (5100 ft): the second largest city in the country, with three universities; important coffee centre, with large textile mills; dominated by drug cartels in recent years. Pop: 3 236 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The 35-year-old lives in Medellin town, near the quake's epicentre.

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Photographer Doods Demape decided on Thursday to make a four-hour drive from Medellin to the provincial capital to buy supplies since no supermarkets were open.

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But Higuita had both the bravado and bravery of a child who lost his mother when he was young, growing up with his grandparents in a Medellin neighbourhood gripped by drug feuds and social problems.

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Stopped by TV reporters outside the mountaintop jail on the outskirts of Medellin and asked if he was a friend of Escobar's, the goalkeeper controversially replied that he was.

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Earlier on Thursday, a separate attack against a police helicopter killed at least 12 people in a rural area outside the northwestern city of Medellin.

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