Mag·da·le·na (m g d -l  n, mägdä-l nä) A river rising in the Andes of southwest Colombia and flowing about 1,601 km (1,000 mi) generally northward to the Caribbean Sea near Barranquilla. |
Magdalena [ˌmægdəˈleɪnə -ˈliː- (Spanish) maγðaˈlena]
n
(Placename) a river in SW Colombia, rising on the E slopes of the Andes and flowing north to the Caribbean near Barranquilla. Length: 1540 km (956 miles)
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| Noun | 1. |  Magdalena - a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at BarranquillaColombia, 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 |
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