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Bogotazo

Bogotazo proper noun: the riots that followed the 1948 assassination in Bogotá, Colombia of Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.

Proper noun

the Bogotazo

  1. (historical) The riots that followed the 1948 assassination in Bogotá, Colombia of Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.

Origin of Bogotazo

From Spanish Bogotazo.

Questions about Bogotazo

What does Bogotazo mean?
Bogotazo means the riots that followed the 1948 assassination in Bogotá, Colombia of Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.
What part of speech is Bogotazo?
Bogotazo is a proper noun.

Words near Bogotazo in the dictionary

  1. Bogota
  2. Bogota bag
  3. Bogota bags
  4. Bogotan
  5. Bogotans
  6. Bogotazo
  7. bogotic
  8. bogotified
  9. bogotifies
  10. bogotify
  11. bogotifying

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