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Cauca

American  
[kou-kah] / ˈkaʊ kɑ /

noun

  1. a river in W Colombia: tributary of the Magdalena. 600 miles (965 km) long.


Cauca British  
/ ˈkauka /

noun

  1. a river in W Colombia, rising in the northwest and flowing north to the Magdalena River. Length: about 1350 km (840 miles)

"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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Videos shared from the scene showed damaged vehicles and debris strewn across the Pan-American Highway in the southern Cauca region.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

The battle occurred in the dense rainforests of Valle del Cauca, western Colombia.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024

She said on Twitter members of her security team had found the device planted on the road to her family home in the village of Yolombó in Suarez, Cauca.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023

An investment fund from the Middle East put the brakes on plans to invest $10 million in an avocado farm because of occupations, said Gerardo Arroyo, head of the Cauca business guild.

From Reuters • Sep. 30, 2022

BOL�VAR, till 1908 a department of Colombia, bounded N. and W. by the Caribbean Sea, E. by the departments of Magdalena and Santander, S. by Antioquia and S.W. by Cauca.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

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