Colombo

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/, /kəˈlʌm.bəʊ/, (city also) /ˈkɒl.əm.bəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmbəʊ

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.

Colombo

1. The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.
   • 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Sort Of Books, page 266:

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

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

Colombo

1. A surname from Italian.

Colombo m

1. Colombo

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

Colombo m

1. Columbus

Colombo f

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

Colombo f

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

Colombo m

1. Columbus

Colombo ?

1. a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil

• IPA^(key): /koˈlombo/ [koˈlõm.bo]
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Syllabification: Co‧lom‧bo

Colombo m

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