Sin: කොළඹ koḷamba – Tam: கொழும்பு koḻumpu ‘Port on the River Kolon’ -City/Commercial Capital/District, WP, Sri Lanka The Dove and the Mango Tree The Dutch Coat of Arms of Colombo pictures a dove in a mango tree. The dove is a play on the name...
“Colombo Jumbo” Sri Lanka. This is a pdf copy of my book “Colombo Jumbo: The Origin of Colombo Street Names” (2012) In the original there was a street name missing, so here it is: John Staples (1770-1839) from Kingswood in Hampshire was...
