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Bogotá

[ boh-guh-tah, boh-guh-tah; Spanish baw-gaw-tah ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Colombia, in the central part.


Bogotá

/ ˌbəʊɡəˈtɑː; boɣoˈta /

noun

  1. the capital of Colombia, on a central plateau of the E Andes: originally the centre of Chibcha civilization; founded as a city in 1538 by the Spaniards. Pop: 7 594 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Bogotá

  1. Capital of Colombia and the largest city in the country, located near the center of Colombia on a high, fertile plain.


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Example Sentences

The strategy will grow The Post’s international footprint from 22 to 26 locations including new hubs in Seoul, Sydney and Bogotá.

From Digiday

In Bogotá, around 1,000 drivers for Rappi congregated outside the labor ministry to put pressure on the government to regulate the apps.

From Time

The market for low-emissions electric buses is thriving, with cities from Bogotá to Delhi ordering hundreds of units over the past year.

From Time

He was a mostly self-educated man, born in Bogotá, Colombia, who assembled a broad knowledge of many subjects and never tired of good books, passionate discussions and telling the truth as he saw it.

Saunders founded the blog Club Sandwich Reviews in 2010, and has since reviewed more than 200 club sandwiches in more than 150 cities from Bogotá to Istanbul.

From Eater

The Prince and The Duchess will travel to Colombia first, arriving in Bogota on Tuesday, October 28.

Montgomery points to impoverished Bogota, for example,  as “a happy city” that shows the way to urban development.

In October of last year alone, there were at least two emerald-related shootings in Bogota.

The semi-civilized Chibcha people occupied the table-land of Bogota.

William B. Harris believes that the coffee of prime importance in preparing restaurant blends is Bogota.

A blend with chicory can be made by using two-thirds Bogota, one-third Bourbon Santos, and ten percent chicory.

As a natural consequence, were this passage blocked, the whole plain of Bogota would be inundated and the ancient lake restored.

This is beautifully exhibited in the sickle-bill, which is occasionally found in Bogota.

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