Wattala (SL)

Sin: වත්තල vattala  – Tam: வத்தளை vattaḷai ‘Garden Plain’   WP,  Sri Lanka. From Sin: watta, ‘garden, grove’; and tala, ‘plain, place’. Wattala is now a large suburb of Colombo with a population of 175,000. The Hamilton or Dutch Canal passes through Wattala. The...