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[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]