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colombo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Colombo name The largest city and former capital of Sri Lanka.
  • Columbus name Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer whose 1492 voyage across the Atlantic opened up European contact with the Americas.
  • pigeon noun A plump grey bird common in cities, known for its cooing call.

Senses

colombo is used for these senses in English:

  • Colombo The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.
  • Columbus A person who makes a great discovery.
  • pigeon (countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

Columbus — full definition

  1. name Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer whose 1492 voyage across the Atlantic opened up European contact with the Americas.
  2. name The capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio.
  3. noun Informally, a person credited with a bold new discovery.

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