Barranquilla

[ bahr-rahn-kee-yah ]

/ ˌbɑr rɑnˈki yɑ /

a seaport in N Colombia, on the Magdalena River.

Example sentences from the Web for barranquilla

Here even now we have many blooming plants in our garden at Oasis, our beautiful country-seat, near Barranquilla.

Harper's Young People, January 18, 1881 |Various
There are several lines of steamboats plying between La Dorada and Barranquilla and intermediate points.

Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena |H. J. Mozans
Tramway lines were in operation in Bogot, Barranquilla and Cartagena in 1907.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 |Various
We were now within sight of Barranquilla and expected to land in less than an hour.

Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena |H. J. Mozans

He knew nothing of her, except that she had embarked at Honda and was bound for Barranquilla.

Carmen Ariza |Charles Francis Stocking

Barranquilla

/ (Spanish barranˈkiʎa) /

a port in N Colombia, on the Magdalena River. Pop: 1 918 000 (2005 est)