Unawatuna (SL)

Sin:උණවටුන uṇavaṭuna  ‘Bamboo Port’  SP,  Sri Lanka From Sin: uṇa, ‘bamboo’ [Bambusa vulgaris]; and paṭṭana/paṭuna, ‘sea port’, ‘trading town’. The sound change ‘paṭṭana/paṭuna’ → ‘waṭuna’ is fairly regular. There is another derivation based on...