Colombia

[ kuh-luhm-bee-uh; Spanish kaw-lawm-byah ]

noun

1. a republic in northwestern South America. 439,828 sq. mi. (1,139,155 sq. km). : Bogotá.

Colombia

/ kəˈlɒmbɪə /

noun

1. a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Bogotá. Pop: 45 745 783 (2013 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)

Colombia

1. Republic in northwestern South America , bordered by Panama to the northwest, Venezuela to the northeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south, and Brazil to the southeast. Its capital and largest city is Bogotá .

Notes

Trafficking of marijuana and cocaine remains a problem in Colombia. With support from the United States, the Colombian government has attacked drug traffickers, but the country continues to be torn by civil war between left-wing and right-wing factions.

Its major legal crop is coffee.

Other Words From

• Co·lom·bi·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

Her childhood in her native Colombia was brutal.

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The Colombia international, 20, presented himself as a super-sub figure earlier this season, scoring from the bench in four of Villa's five opening Premier League games.

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The wandering male was among a group of humpbacks photographed from a research vessel on the Pacific coast of Colombia in 2013.

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Specifically, that involved drawing up a list of what they called “hidden gems” – alternative holiday destinations in the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and Colombia.

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Monitoring agencies have reported that the Caribbean is resurfacing as a major drug trafficking route from Colombia to Europe.

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