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Medellín

/medeˈʝin/

proper noun/medeˈʝin/

a village in Extremadura, Spain

From Latin Metellīnum, named after the Roman General Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 75 BC who founded the village as a military base.

proper noun/medeˈʝin/

Medellín (a city in Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia)

Named after the village in Spain with the same name.