Colombo

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

Colombo

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Colombo

  1. A surname from Italian.

French[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Colombo m

  1. Colombo

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Colombo m

  1. Columbus

Proper noun[edit]

Colombo f

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

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Etymology 1[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Colombo f

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Colombo m

  1. Columbus

Proper noun[edit]

Colombo

  1. A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Colombo m

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