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
Though having visited Cartagena every year growing up, it’s Colombia that speaks to him spiritually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
His marriage certificate from 1629—issued by the Oude Kerk, or Old Church, of Amsterdam—records his age that year as 22 and place of origin as Cartagena.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The mayor of the nearby city of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, wrote on social media that the electricity company truck was working on cables belonging to a building next to the track.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
By long and large 'tis more like the prisoners will be conveyed back to Cartagena for to build new forts there.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
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