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Colombo

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

    "From this height, Colombo does not look like a mess. It sleeps in shadows decorated with trees and lights."

  2. 2
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of calumba. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Portuguese Colombo, modification (under the influence of the Italian surname, see below) of Sinhalese කොලොන් තොට (kolon toṭa, literally “port on the river Kelani”). Other theories derive the name from Veddah; see w:Colombo § Etymology for more.

Etymology 2

From Italian Colombo, from colombo (“pigeon, dove”).

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