Cartagena
Americannoun
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a seaport in SE Spain.
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a seaport in N Colombia.
noun
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a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: centre for the Inquisition and the slave trade in the 16th century; chief oil port of Colombia. Pop: 1 002 000 (2005 est)
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a port in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean: important since Carthaginian and Roman times for its minerals. Pop: 194 203 (2003 est)
Example Sentences
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The image was inspired by Alejandro Cartagena, a Dominican Republic-born Mexican creative who photographed carpooling laborers on the flatbeds along a highway in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2012.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
My colleague Chip Cutter says he’s found good availability, for example, on Delta and its partners from Martinique to Paris or Cartagena, Colombia, to Amsterdam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The new measures stipulate that drones may only enter through customs points at Bogota's international airport and the northern seaport of Cartagena.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Looking for a church to pray in after finding out his girlfriend was pregnant, he stumbled upon the Sanctuary of St. Peter Claver in Cartagena, which displays its namesake’s remains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Hasdrubal founded the port of New Carthage, the name of which is still preserved in Cartagena, whence, with a host of 90,000 foot and 12,000 horse, Hannibal started on his famous march to Rome.
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
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