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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and calombo.] [1913 Webster] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Colombo \Co*lom"bo\, n. (Med.) See Calumba. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Colombo \Colombo\ prop. n. (Geography) The (official) capital city of Sri Lanka. Population (2000) = 1,994,000. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Colombo n 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 [syn: Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka]