Medellín

American  

[me-the-yeen] / mɛ ðɛˈyin /

noun

1. a city in W Colombia.

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Medellín British  

/ meðeˈʎin /

noun

1. a city in W Colombia, at an altitude of 1554 m (5100 ft): the second largest city in the country, with three universities; important coffee centre, with large textile mills; dominated by drug cartels in recent years. Pop: 3 236 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Wednesday's final episode covered the last stage, a 1,000km route from Medellín to the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia.

From BBC

In the mountain villages near Medellín, Colombia, an extraordinary percentage of residents are afflicted with a version of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

From The Wall Street Journal

On his own dime, Moura traveled to Medellín, Colombia, to study Spanish at the same university Escobar had attended.

From Los Angeles Times

My former colleague Silvia Ascarelli interviewed a retired couple who moved from Long Beach, Calif. to El Retiro, a town of about 21,000 people 45 minutes from Medellín, a city in a mountainous region northwest of Bogotá.

From MarketWatch

The 35-year-old lives in Medellin town, near the quake's epicentre.

From BBC