Slave Island

English Etymology From the fact that the place was used to hold African slaves by Portuguese colonizers. Proper noun Slave Island en suburb city/Colombo c/Sri Lanka. en Kompagngna Veediya official en 2018-05-13 w:The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) Don’t bulldoze our colonial shop houses into oblivion https://www.sundaytimes.lk/180513/plus/dont-bulldoze-our-colonial-shop-houses-into-oblivion-293490.html After occupying a building sited in Queen’s Street (now the Central Bank offices) for almost 37 years they moved to the premises in Slave Island – the present building under discussion to establish the printing presses. en 2022-07-18 w:Al Jazeera In Sri Lanka capital’s Slave Island, shadows of a crisis https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/7/18/photos-in-sri-lanka-capitals-slave-island-shadows-of-a-crisis “It’s very difficult to live, even a loaf of bread is expensive,” said Pereira outside his modest home in Slave Island, a poor enclave of the capital Colombo. “If we take one meal, we skip another.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250919231502/https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/7/18/photos-in-sri-lanka-capitals-slave-island-shadows-of-a-crisis 19 September 2025 en 2023-02-03 Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama w:Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) Slave Island changed to ’Kompannavidiya’ https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Slave-Island-changed-to-Kompannavidiya/108-253401 Although, the name Slave Island was used during the colonial period, the name 'Kompannavidiya' was used in the languages of Sinhala and Tamil. https://web.archive.org/web/20230202112521/https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Slave-Island-changed-to-Kompannavidiya/108-253401 2 February 2023 en Slavery