Cúcuta

American  

[koo-koo-tah] / ˈku kuˌtɑ /

noun

1. a city in E Colombia.

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Cúcuta British  

/ ˈkukuta /

noun

1. Official name: San José de Cúcuta.  a city in E Colombia: commercial centre of a coffee-producing region. Pop: 883 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Several Venezuelans, many of whom frequently cross into the town of Cucuta to shop at lower prices on the Colombian side of the border, declined to express an opinion out of fear.

From Barron's

A Colombian and a Spanish reporter were also detained at Venezuela's border with Colombia near Cúcuta.

From BBC

I hear joy from Venezuelans at the Cúcuta border in Colombia, packing their bags to return home.

From The Wall Street Journal

Just a week ago, he said, his family were eating dinner at their home in Cúcuta, Colombia, with no intention of leaving.

From Los Angeles Times

“Migrants continue to leave Venezuela and they are not going to stop leaving because the reasons why they leave have not been solved. It continues to be a country with an economic and humanitarian crisis,” said Ana Karina García, a Venezuelan lawyer and director of the Fundación Juntos Se Puede, with offices in Bogotá and Cúcuta, in northeastern Colombia.

From Los Angeles Times