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🏝️ Colombian port city ⚓ Spanish port city
Cartagena

Cartagena

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A Spanish port city on the Mediterranean Sea with ancient Roman ruins
  • proper noun
translation icon : Cartagena
  • To attack Rome, Hannibal assembled in Cartagena, Spain, one of the largest armies the ancient world had yet seen.

Examples

  • Many tourists visit Cartagena in Spain to explore its rich maritime history.

  • So this Cartagena, Cartagena, has anyone take this?

  • Get to the Hotel Cartagena in Cartagena.

    Romancing the Stone (1984)

  • I'm here in Cartagena.

    A Cam Life (2018)

  • You know the folks in Culiacén and Cartagena?

    Collateral (2004)

  • Vincent meet their people in Culiacén or Cartagena.

    Collateral (2004)

  • Cartagena is a historic port city in southeastern Cartagena, famous for its naval base.

  • The naval museum in Cartagena showcases artifacts from centuries of maritime history.

Compounds

Cartagena bark
  • Archaic
9.9

Bark from a Colombian tree people used long ago to make medicine for malaria

Surface Forms

Cartagena main

Etymology

Cartagena in Spain gets its name from the old Latin Carthago Nova, which means 'New Carthage'. The Romans named it after Carthage because it was an important port and navy base, and that is why the name still points to its long sea history.