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Santa Marta

[ san-tuh mahr-tuh; Spanish sahn-tah mahr-tah ]

noun

  1. a seaport in northwestern Colombia.
  2. a cactus, Heliocereus speciosus, of Mexico and Central America, having scarlet flowers 6–7 inches (15–17 centimeters) long.


Santa Marta

/ ˈsanta ˈmarta /

noun

  1. a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: the oldest city in Colombia, founded in 1525; terminus of the Atlantic railway from Bogotá (opened 1961). Pop: 454 000 (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
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Example Sentences

He has also dedicated a large part of his career to giving back to his hometown of Santa Marta, Colombia, with his foundation Tras La Perla.

Sister Agnes runs Casa Santa Marta inside the Vatican, where the cardinals are sequestered during the conclave.

“We know that the masks are sacred to the Kogi,” who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains of northern Colombia, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at the handover ceremony.

The Vatican said that Francis would be following the service from his residence, Casa Santa Marta.

His return to his Vatican residence at Santa Marta depended on the results of final tests carried out on Friday morning, it added.

From BBC

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