Colombo

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English

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Pronunciation

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.

Proper noun

Colombo

  1. The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Colombo

  1. A surname from Italian.

French

Proper noun

Colombo m

  1. Colombo

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlom.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ombo
  • Hyphenation: Co‧lóm‧bo

Proper noun

Colombo m

  1. Columbus

Proper noun

Colombo f

  1. Colombo (the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Colombo f

  1. Colombo (the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Colombo m

  1. Columbus

Proper noun

Colombo

  1. A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlombo/
  • Rhymes: -ombo
  • Syllabification: Co‧lom‧bo

Proper noun

Colombo m

  1. Colombo (the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka)
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