# Colombo

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/ · frequency rank #20,314

## Definitions
1. The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **combo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colombo-vs-combo)
- **Colombia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colombia-vs-colombo)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccolombo`, `cloombo`, `collombo`, `colmobo`, `colobmo`, `colombbo`, `colommbo`, `colomob`, `coolmbo`, `oclombo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/colombo