colombia
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1. 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 (noun.location)
| part holonym | : | barranquilla, |
| definition | : | a port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bogota, capital of colombia, |
| definition | : | capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cali, |
| definition | : | city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | medellin, |
| definition | : | city in western Colombia; important coffee center (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cartagena, |
| definition | : | a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | soledad, |
| definition | : | a city in northern Colombia; a suburb of Barranquilla (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | galeras, pasto, |
| definition | : | an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | purace, |
| definition | : | an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | andes, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | arauca, |
| definition | : | a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | magdalena, magdalena river, |
| definition | : | a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | orinoco, orinoco river, |
| definition | : | a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | south america, |
| definition | : | a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | colombian, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Colombia (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | oas, organization of american states, |
| definition | : | an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | eln, national liberation army, |
| definition | : | a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | medellin cartel, |
| definition | : | a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | cali cartel, |
| definition | : | a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.) (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | colombian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | colombian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people (adj.pert) |
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