BARRANQUILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Barranquilla mean? 

• BARRANQUILLA (noun)
  The noun BARRANQUILLA has 1 sense:

1. a port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River

  Familiarity information: BARRANQUILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARRANQUILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Barranquilla" is a part of...):

Colombia; Republic of Colombia (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)