Cartagena

Car·ta·ge·na  (kärtä-hnä)

1. A city of northwest Colombia on the Bay of Cartagena, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Founded in 1533, Cartagena was once the richest port on the Spanish Main. Population: 871,000.

2. A city of southeast Spain on the Mediterranean Sea south-southeast of Murcia. It was settled c. 225 b.c. and soon became the chief Carthaginian sea base in Spain. Population: 207,000.

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Cartagena [ˌkɑːtəˈdʒiːnə (Spanish) kartaˈxena]

n

1. (Placename) 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.: 805 757 (1999 est.)

2. (Placename) a port in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean: important since Carthaginian and Roman times for its minerals. Pop.: 175 628 (1998 est.)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Cartagena - a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
	2.	Cartagena - a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean Colombia, Republic of Colombia - a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language