Cartagena
Americannoun
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a seaport in SE Spain.
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a seaport in N Colombia.
noun
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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)
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a port in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean: important since Carthaginian and Roman times for its minerals. Pop: 194 203 (2003 est)
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Other major green corridor projects include a 250-mile route between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, and a 740-mile route between Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
JDT drew with Rangers and Spanish second-division side Elche before beating Cartagena, as they took on European opposition in a training camp in Alicante.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
His marriage certificate from 1629—issued by the Oude Kerk, or Old Church, of Amsterdam—records his age that year as 22 and place of origin as Cartagena.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The new measures stipulate that drones may only enter through customs points at Bogota's international airport and the northern seaport of Cartagena.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The treasure of pearls fished up from the sea-bottom at that place was wont to be conveyed to Cartagena every month by ship.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
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