Bogotá

American  

[boh-guh-tah, boh-guh-tah, baw-gaw-tah] / ˌboʊ gəˈtɑ, ˈboʊ gəˌtɑ, ˌbɔ gɔˈtɑ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Colombia, in the central part.

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Bogotá British  

/ ˌbəʊɡəˈtɑː, boɣoˈta /

noun

1. the capital of Colombia, on a central plateau of the E Andes: originally the centre of Chibcha civilization; founded as a city in 1538 by the Spaniards. Pop: 7 594 000 (2005 est)

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Bogotá Cultural  

1. Capital of Colombia and the largest city in the country, located near the center of Colombia on a high, fertile plain.

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Example Sentences

The couple's last tour - a four-day trip to Colombia in August 2024 - saw them visit a school in capital Bogotá to talk to teenagers about the impact of social media.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

When we landed in Bogotá, she was still vomiting and coughing and was severely dehydrated.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

Scientists have successfully reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from human remains that are about 5,500 years old, discovered in the Sabana de Bogotá region of Colombia.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

On Thursday, the U.S. named Laura F. Dogu, a former ambassador to Honduras and Nicaragua, as the new chargé d’affaires for the State Department’s Venezuela Affairs Unit, which is based in Bogotá, Colombia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

That same year, CIA operatives made contact with a senior official in the Soviet Foreign Ministry who was stationed at the Russian embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau