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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And Frontier Airlines plans to launch flights to Colombia in December, with nonstop service between Orlando and Medellín, Bogotá and Cartagena.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Though having visited Cartagena every year growing up, it’s Colombia that speaks to him spiritually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
My colleague Chip Cutter says he’s found good availability, for example, on Delta and its partners from Martinique to Paris or Cartagena, Colombia, to Amsterdam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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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