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Cali

American  
[kah-lee] / ˈkɑ li /

noun

  1. a city in SW Colombia.


Cali British  
/ ˈkali /

noun

  1. a city in SW Colombia: commercial centre in a rich agricultural region. Pop: 2 583 000 (2005 est)

"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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A beaming Vickye Giraldo holds her rescued kitten tight against her chest outside her ruined home in quake-hit Cali, Colombia.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

In Cali, Colombia's third most populous city, more than 200 people remained trapped as of 16:00 local time on Tuesday.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

From the air, neighborhoods in Cali appeared flattened, with piles of grey rubble replacing entire blocks of homes and apartment buildings.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

The seismic event heavily impacted the country’s third-largest city, Cali, which lies near the Pacific Coast.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

In this way they all died, and on this journey all the people he had brought from Quito, Pasto, Quilla, Cagua, Paria, Popayan, Lili, Cali, and Anzerma, per­ished in very great numbers.

From Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings by Francis Augustus MacNutt

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