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Cartagena

Cartagena

6 6.0
A Colombian port city on the Caribbean Sea with old colonial buildings
  • proper noun
  • /kɑrˈteɪɡənə/
translation icon : Cartagena
  • Jorge found us a property on Cartagena Bay.
  • Cartagena (Colombia)
  • Cartagena summit
  • city of Cartagena

Examples

  • Gradually, the economy of the French settlers became oriented toward the Spanish markets in Cartagena.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Barco especially applauded Cartagena, calling the city one of Colombia's industrial capitals along with Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín.

    Academic text (1990)

  • I found her on the coast of Cartagena.

    The Little Mermaid (2023)

  • Can you tell me what time we get to Cartagena?

    Romancing the Stone (1984)

  • Cartagena is where we'll do the event.

    A Cam Life (2018)

  • The plant is located in Cartagena's Mamonal.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The incident shook us up; nevertheless, we flew home, leaving the crew to take our boat back to Cartagena.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Santa Aria is one of Cartagena's oldest neighborhoods outside the colonial quarter.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The president arrived in the Colombian port city of Cartagena this morning.

  • Just the other day, a Chinese ship was stopped in the Colombian port of Cartagena.

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 Colombia was named by Spanish settlers after the older Spanish port called Cartagena. That Spanish name comes from the Latin Carthago Nova, which means 'New Carthage', so the name reminds us that the city was founded as an important port.