The (commercial) capital and largest city of Sri (country) Lanka.
Origin
From Portuguese Colombo, modification (under the influence of the Italian surname, see below) of Sinhalese කොලොන් තොට. Other theories derive the name from Veddah; see for more.
From Italian Colombo, from colombo.
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