Magdalena

American  

[mag-duh-ley-nuh, -lee-, mahg-thah-le-nah] / ˌmæg dəˈleɪ nə, -ˈli-, ˌmɑg ðɑˈlɛ nɑ /

noun

1. a river in SW Colombia, flowing N to the Caribbean. 1,060 miles (1,705 km) long.

2. a female given name.

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Magdalena British  

/ ˌmæɡdəˈleɪnə, maɣðaˈlena, -ˈliː- /

noun

1. a river in SW Colombia, rising on the E slopes of the Andes and flowing north to the Caribbean near Barranquilla. Length: 1540 km (956 miles)

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Example Sentences

Artist and parent Marissa Magdalena Sykes, who grew up in the San Joaquin Valley and is the first in her family to not work in the fields, chimed in.

From Los Angeles Times

"Every person alive today carries radioactive isotopes from atmospheric testing in their bones," report co-author and University of South Carolina anthropology professor Magdalena Stawkowski told AFP.

From Barron's

The race was interrupted after Austrian Magdalena Egger crashed into the safety netting.

From Barron's

“I’m not sure that’s entirely true anymore,” said Magdalena Heinrich, head of U.S. technology equity capital markets at Bank of America.

From The Wall Street Journal

That was nearly one second faster than Magdalena Egger of Austria, who is 17 years her junior.

From The Wall Street Journal