Buenaventura

[ bwey-nuh-ven-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh; Spanish bwe-nah-ven-too-rah ]

noun

1. a seaport in western Colombia.

Buenaventura

/ bwenaβenˈtura /

noun

1. a major port in W Colombia, on the Pacific coast. Pop: 250 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Walnuts, olives, oranges, beet-sugar and beans are the notable features of orchard and field in the region about San Buenaventura.

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He built a chapel, and then directed his course south-west to Vitoc, where he founded the village San Buenaventura.

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The ruse of hoisting the British flag was legitimate if the Buenaventura substituted her own flag before proceeding to board them.

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Taheechaypah pass and the mission of San Buenaventura are other localities where skeletons of extraordinary size have been found.

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This attack and consequent disturbance delayed still longer the founding of San Buenaventura.

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