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Colombo

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Noun

1. capital of sri lanka, colombo

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Colombo

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noun
the largest city and chief port of Sri Lanka, on the W coast, with one of the largest artificial harbours in the world. Pop: 706 648 (2015 est)

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Colombo

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capital of Sri Lanka: seaport on the W coast: pop. 588,000

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The capital and largest city of Sri Lanka, on the western coast of the island on the Indian Ocean. The city was probably known to Greco-Roman, Arab, and Chinese traders more than 2,000 years ago. It became capital of the crown colony of Ceylon in 1802 and of independent Ceylon in 1948.

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