Cartagena

[kahr-tuh-jee-nuh, kahr-tah-he-nah]

noun

1. a seaport in SE Spain.

2. a seaport in N Colombia.

Cartagena

/ ˌkɑːtəˈdʒiːnə, kartaˈxena /

noun

1. a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: centre for the Inquisition and the slave trade in the 16th century; chief oil port of Colombia. Pop: 1 002 000 (2005 est)

2. a port in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean: important since Carthaginian and Roman times for its minerals. Pop: 194 203 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Braekhus was adopted from an orphanage in Cartagena at the age of two and grew up in Sandviken, a neighbourhood of Bergen.

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He said Gregorini had been tracked down to an apartment in the seaside city of Cartagena in a multinational operation which included Italian, British and Colombian investigators.

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It said 14 members of the crew were rescued and taken to the Spanish port of Cartagena but two others were missing.

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The San José sank in 1708 as it sailed from what is now Panama towards the port city of Cartagena in Colombia.

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Over the next few days, Prince Harry and Meghan will visit the capital Bogota and the regions of Cartagena and Cali.

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