# Slave Island

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

## Etymology
From the fact that the place was used to hold African slaves by Portuguese colonizers.

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