Colombo

n. 科伦坡

发音

UK /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/
UK /kəˈlʌm.bəʊ/
其它
UK /ˈkɒl.əm.bəʊ/
其它
其它 /ˈkɒl.əm.bəʊ/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

    科伦坡

    可伦坡

  2. 1.

    A surname from Italian.

词源

From Portuguese Colombo, modification (under the influence of the Italian surname, see below) of Sinhalese කොලොන් තොට (kolon toṭa, literally “port on the river Kelani”). Other theories derive the name from Veddah; see w:Colombo § Etymology for more.

来源：wiktionary