Definition of Medellin

1. Noun. City in western Colombia; important coffee center.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Colombia, Republic Of Colombia

Definition of Medellin

1. Proper noun. The second largest city of Colombia, in the department of Antioquia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medellin

Meconopsis betonicifolia
Meconopsis cambrica
Mecoptera
MedDRA
MedDRAs
Medaille Militaire
Medak
Medal of Honor
Medan
Medawar
Mede
Medea
Medean
Medellin (current term)
Medellin cartel
Medellín
Medes
Medford
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers
Media
MediaWiki
Mediaeval Greek
Mediaeval Latin
Median
Medians
Medicago
Medicago arborea
Medicago echinus

Literary usage of Medellin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Generation Under Fire: Children and Violence in Colombia by Robin Kirk, Human Rights Watch/Americas (1994)
"In 1993, the year Colombian police killed Medellin Cartel leader Pablo Escobar, this city of two million had the highest per capita murder rate in Colombia ..."

2. The Church at Home and Abroad by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, General Assembly (1890)
"Going out from Medellin you may, in from five to ten hours ride, ... There are extensive mines of silver and gold, and Medellin holds in Antioquia a place ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1906)
"He took in hand no less a scheme than to surround the French in the open plain near Medellin, and advanced in a line four miles long and only four men deep. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"As the civil districts are now constituted, the Department of Antioquia embraces an area of 11517 square miles with a population of 160000; that of Medellin ..."

5. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... army—Battle of Medellin—Spaniards totally defeated—Victor ordered, by the king, to invade Portugal—Openi a secret ..."

6. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... army—Battle of Medellin—Spaniards totally defeated—Victor ordered, by the king, to invade Portugal—Opens a secret communication with some persons in ..."

7. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to by Archibald Alison (1870)
"The bridge of Medellin was not seriously contested by the Spaniards, who were drawn up in the form of a half-moon, in a line about a league in breadth, ..."

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