Colombo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Colombo	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Colombo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colombo n 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 Synonym(s): Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colombo \Co*lom"bo\, n. (Med.) See {Calumba}.