Colombo (disambiguation) explained

Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka.

Colombo may also refer to:

Places

• Colombo (crater), lunar crater
• Colombo Airport (disambiguation), two airports that serve Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Colombo District, administrative district which includes Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Colombo, Paraná, Brazil
• Colombo, medieval name of Kollam, Southern India

People

• Colombo (surname)
  • Christopher Columbus, as Cristoforo Colombo is known in English
• Colombo crime family, an American crime family based in New York

Organizations

• Colombo Dockyard, ship building company in Sri Lanka
• Colombo FC, professional football club in Sri Lanka
• Colombo Plan, South-Asian economic development organization
• Colombo Yogurt, American company

Other uses

• Colombo (herb)
• Colombo (horse), British Thoroughbred racehorse
• Bagalini Colombo, Italian ultralight aircraft design
• MV Colombo Express, container ship
• Colombo Street, street in central Christchurch
• Operation Colombo, an operation undertaken by the Chilean secret police

See also

• Columbo, a television show and its titular character, sometimes mistakenly spelled "Colombo"