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Colombo.

The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Meaning & usage

name/kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/UK/kəˈlʌm.bəʊ/UK/ˈkɒl.əm.bəʊ/UK, also
  1. The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

  2. The Sri Lankan government.

    metonymically
Where this word comes from

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.

name/kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/UK/kəˈlʌm.bəʊ/UK/ˈkɒl.əm.bəʊ/UK, also
  1. A surname from Italian.

Where this word comes from

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

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