medellin

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a city in the northwest of Colombia, which is an important industrial centre. People think of Medellin as as a centre of the illegal trade in the drug cocaine
city in western Colombia; important coffee center

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Medellín
{i} city in Colombia known as a coffee center; town in Mexico; family name
Medellín
City (pop., 1999 est.: 1,861,265), northwestern Colombia. It is the country's second largest city and is heavily industrialized. Founded in 1675 as a mining town, it grew rapidly after the completion of the Panama Canal and the arrival of the railroad in 1914. It is now noted for its textile mills, clothing factories, and steel mills. It is one of Colombia's largest trading centres for coffee. It also became a centre for the illegal international distribution of narcotics (mainly cocaine) in the late 20th century
medellin cartel
a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed