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Definition of Bogota

1. Noun. Capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain.

Definition of Bogota

1. Proper noun. The capital of Colombia. ¹

2. Proper noun. The capital of Colombia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogota

Literary usage of Bogota

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

1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"THE BROKER OF bogota The Broker of bogota represents the romantic verse tragedy, ... The Broker of bogota was put on at the Bowery Theatre in New York, ..."

2. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1827)
"The plateau on which the town of Santa Fe de bogota is situated, ... The Indians attribute to Bochica, the founder of the empire of bogota, ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"JAA Stone on Birds from bogota.1—The small collection of birds forming the basis of this paper was made by the late Dr. J. \V. Detwiller, ..."

4. Around & about South America: Apéndice al folleto los treinta y tres by Luis Melián Lafinur, Frank Vincent (1897)
"SANTA FE DE bogota. bogota possesses a mint. It is a very plain edifice exteriorly, as indeed are almost all the public buildings of the city, ..."

5. Central America, the West Indies and South America by Augustus Henry Keane (1878)
"All the geological features of the bogota plain tend to show that a fresh-water lake ... The Rio bogota with its numerous branches, rushing more or less ..."

6. Memoirs of Simon Bolivar by H L V Ducoudray Holstein (1829)
"Situation of New Grenada—Arrival of General Bolivar at the Congress of Tunja—His reception—His march against bogota and Carthagena—His stay at ..."

7. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1833)
"Section of South America, from Carthagena to bogota ; a Spanish MS. found among Mr. Lloyd's Papers, (p. 69.) Authority unknown. ..."

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