"Colombo" meaning in English

See Colombo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/ [UK], /kəˈlʌm.bəʊ/ [UK], /ˈkɒl.əm.bəʊ/ [UK, also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Colombo.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Colombo2.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Colombo3.wav
Rhymes: -ʌmbəʊ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|Colombo}} Portuguese Colombo, {{der|en|si|කොලොන් තොට|lit=port on the river Kelani}} Sinhalese කොලොන් තොට (kolon toṭa, literally “port on the river Kelani”), {{der|en|ved|-}} Veddah, {{section link|w:Colombo#Etymology}} w:Colombo § Etymology Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Colombo
  1. The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka. Categories (place): Cities in Sri Lanka, National capitals, Places in Sri Lanka Translations (capital of Sri Lanka): Kolombo (Albanian), ኮሎምቦ (kolombo) (Amharic), كُولُومْبُو (kolombō) [feminine] (Arabic), Կոլոմբո (Kolombo) (Armenian), কলম্বো (kolombü) (Assamese), Kolombo (Azerbaijani), Кало́мба (Kalómba) [masculine] (Belarusian), কলম্বো (kolombō) (Bengali), Коло́мбо (Kolómbo) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကိုလံဘို (kuilambhui) (Burmese), 科倫坡 (Chinese Cantonese), 科伦坡 (fo¹ leon⁴ bo¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 科倫坡 (Chinese Mandarin), 科伦坡 (Kēlúnpō) (Chinese Mandarin), 可倫坡 (Chinese Mandarin), 可伦坡 (Kělúnpō) (Chinese Mandarin), Kolombo [neuter] (Czech), Colombo [neuter] (Danish), ކޮޅުނބު (koḷuᵐbu) (Dhivehi), Colombo [neuter] (Dutch), Kolombo (Esperanto), Colombo (Estonian), Colombo (Finnish), Colombo [feminine] (French), კოლომბო (ḳolombo) (Georgian), Colombo [neuter] (German), Κολόμπο (Kolómpo) [neuter] (Greek), કોલંબો (kolambo) (Gujarati), קוֹלוֹמְבּוֹ (kolómbo) [feminine] (Hebrew), कोलंबो (kolambo) [masculine] (Hindi), Colombo (Hungarian), Kólombó (Icelandic), Kolombo (Indonesian), Colombo (Irish), Colombo [feminine] (Italian), コロンボ (Koronbo) (Japanese), ಕೊಲಂಬೊ (kolambo) (Kannada), Коломбо (Kolombo) (Kazakh), កូឡុំបូ (koulombou) (Khmer), 콜롬보 (Kollombo) (Korean), Коломбо (Kolombo) (Kyrgyz), Kolombo (Latvian), Kolombas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Коломбо (Kolombo) (Macedonian), Colombo (Malay), കൊളംബോ (koḷambō) (Malayalam), कोलंबो (kolambo) (Marathi), Коломбо (Kolombo) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), कोलम्बो (kolambo) (Nepali), Colombo (Northern Kurdish), Colombo (Norwegian Bokmål), Colombo (Norwegian Nynorsk), କଲୋମ୍ବୋ (kalombo) (Odia), کولمبو (kolāmbó) [feminine] (Pashto), کلمبو (kolombo) (Persian), Kolombo [neuter] (Polish), Colombo [feminine] (Portuguese), ਕੋਲੰਬੋ (kolambo) (Punjabi), Colombo (Romanian), Коло́мбо (Kolómbo) [masculine] (Russian), Коломбо [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Kolombo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), කොළඹ (koḷaᵐba) (Sinhalese), Kolombo [neuter] (Slovak), Kolombo [masculine] (Slovene), Colombo [masculine] (Spanish), Colombo [neuter] (Swedish), Colombo (Tagalog), Коломбо (Kolombo) (Tajik), கொழும்பு (koḻumpu) (Tamil), Коломбо (Qolombo) (Tatar), కొలంబో (kolambō) (Telugu), โคลัมโบ (koo-lam-boo) (Thai), ཁོ་ལུམ་པོ (kho lum po) (Tibetan), Kolombo (Turkmen), Коло́мбо (Kolómbo) [masculine] (Ukrainian), کولمبو (kolambo) [masculine] (Urdu), كولومبو (kolombo) (Uyghur), Kolombo (Uzbek), Cô-lôm-bô (Vietnamese), קאָלאָמבאָ (kolombo) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Colombo-en-name-3I69yzuj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Amharic translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dhivehi translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Nepali translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Odia translations, Terms with Pashto translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sinhalese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Tatar translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Turkmen translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 24 13 9 20 20 9 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 9 6 26 26 6 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/ [UK], /kəˈlʌm.bəʊ/ [UK], /ˈkɒl.əm.bəʊ/ [UK, also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Colombo.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Colombo2.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Colombo3.wav
Rhymes: -ʌmbəʊ Etymology: From Italian Colombo, from colombo (“pigeon, dove”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Colombo}} Italian Colombo Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Colombo
  1. A surname from Italian.
    Sense id: en-Colombo-en-name-rsy3jwmJ Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 24 13 9 20 20 9 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ཁོ་ལུམ་པོ"
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        "also"
      ],
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        "city",
        "cities",
        "region",
        "location"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmbəʊ"
    }
  ],
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    "Colombo"
  ],
  "word": "Colombo"
}

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