Nicknames - costenos, calenos y otros?

Alma del Norte says on Dec 2, 2006, 10:02:

Medellin, Antioquia Paisas

La vida es una rutina

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webmanco says on Dec 2, 2006, 10:16:

Not a nickname but gentilicio Here is one of the hardest, people from Armenia, are called cuyabros in honor of a fruit name.

Huilenses = Opitas



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2006-12-17 00:00:00 GMT+00:00

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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ColombiaBoard says on Dec 2, 2006, 11:57:

A few... Bogota: bogotanos (they're also called rolos)
Medellin: paisas
Cali: calenos
Bucaramanga: bumangueses
Cartagena: cartageneros
Barranquilla: barranquilleros

People from the north caribbean coast are called in general "costenos" and they call people who live in the andean region "cachacos".

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strata2woman says on Dec 2, 2006, 12:23:

City Names Cartagena - El Corralito de Piedra
Barranquilla - La Arenosa
Corroncha and proud of it!

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Janis Joplin

- "con sombrero vueltiao y abarcas de tres puntá"

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paisa loca says on Dec 2, 2006, 14:10:

PAISA !!!!!!!!!!
PAISA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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billyb says on Dec 2, 2006, 14:18:

Cali is "La Sultana Serena" and Pereira has a couple... "La Trasnochadora" and "La Morena" among them.

BillyB

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