Cauca

[ kou-kah ]

/ ˈkaʊ kɑ /

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noun

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

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How to use Cauca in a sentence

From this point he set out on foot to explore the Cauca Valley and the Cordilleras.
Edison, His Life and Inventions|Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Our destination was a small valley, through which the Rio Vinaigre makes its way towards the Cauca.
In New Granada|W.H.G. Kingston
We continued our course until the morning, when we saw before us the Cauca, on the opposite side of which we wished to land.
In New Granada|W.H.G. Kingston
It is an important commercial centre, being on the road which crosses the Quindio pass, or paramo, into the Cauca valley.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various

Their boat had hung on a hidden bar in the Cauca river for four interminable, torturing days.
Carmen Ariza|Charles Francis Stocking

British Dictionary definitions for Cauca

Cauca

/ (Spanish ˈkauka) /

noun

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

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