Magdalena

[ mag-duh-ley-nuh, -lee-; Spanish mahg-thah-le-nah ]

noun

1. a river in SW Colombia, flowing N to the Caribbean. 1,060 miles (1,705 km) long.
2. a female given name.

Magdalena

/ ˌmæɡdəˈleɪnə; maɣðaˈlena; -ˈliː- /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Social Democrat former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson called for a “completely new approach” but Kristersson said “a very large extent of this is a problem linked to poor integration; and the integration problem is built on too high immigration”.

From BBC

Also on view this fall is “The Finest Disregard,” the first museum exhibition of Venezuelan-born, L.A.-based artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, whose playful, humorous and deeply influential work spans five decades.

From Los Angeles Times

The most striking example of this may be Spanish painter Jusepe de Ribera’s 1631 portrait of a lusciously bearded Magdalena Ventura, whom he called “A Great Wonder of Nature.”

From Salon

For living proof of the determination and persistence required to conquer the art world, consider Magdalena Suarez Frimkess.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s the subject of her first museum retrospective, “Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard,” which runs through Jan. 5 in the Resnick Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times