Colombia
[kuh-luhm-bee-uh; Spanish kaw-lawm-byah]
- a republic in NW South America. 439,828 sq. mi. (1,139,155 sq. km). Capital: Bogotá.
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Contemporary Examples
The refugees come from Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, and Puerto Rico.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Most Latin Americans celebrated the rapprochement between the United States and Cuba.
Venezuela Says Goodbye to Its Lil Friend, While the Rest of the Continent CheersCatalina Lobo-Guererro
December 20, 2014
In Colombia, it was perceived more like a coincidence or perhaps even an opportunistic play by the FARC.
Venezuela Says Goodbye to Its Lil Friend, While the Rest of the Continent CheersCatalina Lobo-Guererro
December 20, 2014
Now the question in Colombia, is, will a bilateral ceasefire be announced in coming days?
A ceasefire by leftist rebels in Colombia could close the last one.
Historical Examples
The United States of Colombia possesses less than 250 miles of road.
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
The country of the Goajires is a peninsula of Colombia bordering on Venezuela.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
Shall I tell you how I killed his brother in the wilds of Colombia?
VictoryJoseph Conrad
On November 3, the trouble in Colombia reached its culminating point.
American Boy's Life of Theodore RooseveltEdward Stratemeyer
The means of intercommunication are as primitive as those of Colombia.
Commercial GeographyJacques W. Redway
Colombia
- 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)
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Word Origin and History for colombia
Colombia
South American nation, independent from 1819 as part of Gran Colombia (after its breakup in 1850, as New Granada, then Colombia from 1863); named for Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (Italian Colombo, Portuguese Colom, Spanish Colón).
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Colombia
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Its major legal crop is coffee.
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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.
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