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)
Example Sentences
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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
Once we boarded the ship in Rome, we unpacked and didn’t pull the suitcases out again until the last night—and my mom still got to see Cartagena, Malaga, Tenerife and Gibraltar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Looking for a church to pray in after finding out his girlfriend was pregnant, he stumbled upon the Sanctuary of St. Peter Claver in Cartagena, which displays its namesake’s remains.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
It said 14 members of the crew were rescued and taken to the Spanish port of Cartagena but two others were missing.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024
Bless your bones, sir, I warrant there be more kept at Porto Aguila than be sent to Cartagena.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
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