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Colombo
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colombo
English
Pronunciation
en /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/ /kəˈlʌm.bəʊ/ city also /ˈkɒl.əm.bəʊ/ UK
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Etymology 1
From en pt Colombo, modification (under the influence of the Italian surname, see below) of en si කොලොන් තොට port on the river Kelani. Other theories derive the name from en ved -; see w:Colombo#Etymology for more.
Proper noun
en The commercial <<capital>> and largest <<city>> of <<c/Sri Lanka>>.
en 2022 Shehan Karunatilaka The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Sort Of Books 266 From this height, Colombo does not look like a mess. It sleeps in shadows decorated with trees and lights.
en metonym The Sri Lankan government.
Translations
capital of Sri Lanka
Albanian: sq Kolombo
Amharic: am ኮሎምቦ
Arabic: ar كُولُومْبُو f kolombō
Armenian: hy Կոլոմբո
Assamese: as কলম্বো
Azerbaijani: az Kolombo
Belarusian: be Кало́мба m
Bengali: bn কলম্বো
Bulgarian: bg Коло́мбо m
Burmese: my ကိုလံဘို
Cherokee: chr ᎪᎶᎻᏉ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 科倫坡 fo1 leon4 bo1
Mandarin: cmn 科倫坡 Kēlúnpō, cmn 可倫坡 Kělúnpō
Czech: cs Kolombo n
Danish: da Colombo n
Dhivehi: dv ކޮޅުނބު
Dutch: nl Colombo n
Esperanto: eo Kolombo
Estonian: et Colombo
Finnish: fi Colombo
French: fr Colombo f
Georgian: ka კოლომბო
German: de Colombo n
Greek: el Κολόμπο n
Gujarati: gu કોલંબો
Hebrew: he קוֹלוֹמְבּוֹ f kolómbo
Hindi: hi कोलंबो m
Hungarian: hu Colombo
Icelandic: is Kólombó
Indonesian: id Kolombo
Irish: ga Colombo
Italian: it Colombo f
Japanese: ja コロンボ Koronbo
Kannada: kn ಕೊಲಂಬೊ
Kazakh: kk Коломбо
Khmer: km កូឡុំបូ
Korean: ko ^콜롬보
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Colombo
Kyrgyz: ky Коломбо
Latvian: lv Kolombo
Lithuanian: lt Kolombas m
Macedonian: mk Коломбо
Malay: ms Colombo
Malayalam: ml കൊളംബോ, ml കൊഴുമ്പ്
Marathi: mr कोलंबो
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Коломбо
Nepali: ne कोलम्बो
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Colombo
Nynorsk: nn Colombo
Odia: or କଲୋମ୍ବୋ
Pashto: ps کولمبو f kolāmbó
Persian: fa کلمبو kolombo
Polish: pl Kolombo n
Portuguese: pt Colombo f
Punjabi: pa ਕੋਲੰਬੋ
Romanian: ro Colombo
Russian: ru Коло́мбо m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Коломбо m
Latin: sh Kolombo m
Sinhalese: si කොළඹ
Slovak: sk Kolombo n
Slovene: sl Kolombo m
Spanish: es Colombo m
Swedish: sv Colombo n
Tagalog: tl Colombo
Tajik: tg Коломбо
Tamil: ta கொழும்பு
Tatar: tt Коломбо
Telugu: te కొలంబో
Thai: th โคลัมโบ
Tibetan: bo ཁོ་ལུམ་པོ
Turkmen: tk Kolombo
Ukrainian: uk Коло́мбо m
Urdu: ur کولمبو m kolambo
Uyghur: ug كولومبو
Uzbek: uz Kolombo
Vietnamese: vi Cô-lôm-bô
Yiddish: yi קאָלאָמבאָ n
Etymology 2
From en it Colombo, from it colombo pigeon, dove.
Proper noun
en Italian.
French
Proper noun
m
en Colombo
Italian
Pronunciation
Colómbo
Proper noun
m
Columbus
Proper noun
f
it the commercial <<capital>> and largest <<city>> of <<c/Sri Lanka>> Colombo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Proper noun
f
pt the commercial <<capital>> and largest <<city>> of <<c/Sri Lanka>> Colombo
Etymology 2
Proper noun
m
Columbus
Proper noun
pt town/and/municipality s/en:Paraná c/Brazil
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es the commercial <<capital>> and largest <<city>> of <<c/Sri Lanka>> Colombo