Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the United States of Colombia, a republic of South America, bordering on the Caribbean sea and the Pacific ocean, west of Venezuela and north of Ecuador.
- noun An inhabitant of the United States of Colombia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person from
Colombia or of Colombiandescent . - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to
Colombia , its people or language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Colombia
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people
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Examples
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MANUEL SANTOS, COLOMBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER (through translator): This mission was 100 percent Colombian.
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One of the big differences is that in Colombian usage most swearing uses contractions, or slurred pronunciation.
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The Colombian is good, but the Italian has a darker and stronger flavor, more like espresso.
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Last year, a Giustra-connected company acquired interests in Colombian oil fields.
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Mr. Chavez ordered 10 battalions to the frontier and the closing of Venezuela's embassy in Bogota, with all staff to be withdrawn, and he called Colombian President Alvaro Uribe a criminal and a puppet of Washington, adding that Colombia needs to be "liberated" from U.S. domination.
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Adm. Guillermo Barrera, operations chief for the Colombian navy, said there were no reports of a crash in Colombian waters.
KIA KIA/BNR 2006
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PANAMA 1895 Troops, naval Marines land in Colombian province.
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PANAMA 1895 Troops, naval Marines land in Colombian province. and for the sake of other bloggers, I stop here … but we are in 2006 and I stop at 1895.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules Bush Overstepped His Authority At Guantanamo 2006
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The exception that I found in Colombian Spanish is the use of - ico/ica if the word already had a t in it.
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A reality not of paper, but one that lives within us and determines each instant of our countless daily deaths, and that nourishes a source of insatiable creativity, full of sorrow and beauty, of which this roving and nostalgic Colombian is but one cipher more, singled out by fortune.
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