Sin: නාවල – Tam: நாவல nāvala
‘Elephant Jungle’ WP, Sri Lanka
From Sin: na(ga), ‘elephant’; and val/vala, ‘forest, wood, jungle’.
This name dates back to the Kotte kingdom.
Nawala is a suburb of Colombo and is called the Ceramics Capital of Sri Lanka.
For related place names see Sri Lanka Place names.
Nawala Junction Honeplus