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COLOMBO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Colombo mean?
• COLOMBO (noun)
The noun COLOMBO has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon
Familiarity information: COLOMBO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Sri Lanka; Colombo
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Colombo" is a part of...):
Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948)
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