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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Co•lom•bi•a (kə lum′bē ə; Sp. kô lôm′byä),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa republic in NW South America. 37,418,290;
439,828 sq. mi. (1,139,155 sq. km). Cap.: Bogotá.
Co•lom′bi•an, adj., n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Colombia /kəˈlɒmbɪə/ n - a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Bogotá. Pop: 44 914 000 (2004 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)
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