where is columbo?(or where was it)?
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Colombo is apparently derived from Sinhala name Kola-amba-thota which means "harbour with leafy mango trees". However, it has been pointed out (by Julius de Lanerolle, in an article in the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society) that "Kolamba" is a Sinhala word meaning port, ferry, harbour or haven. Ibn Batuta in the 14th Century referred to it as Kalanpu.\n\nThe name was altered by the Portuguese to honour Christopher Columbus.\n\n\nDefining Colombo\nHistorically, "Colombo" referred to the core area around the Fort and Pettah. Nowadays, strictly speaking, it refers to the city limits of the Colombo Municipal Council. However, it usually refers to the conurbation known as Greater Colombo, which encompasses several Municipal councils and [[Urban councils, as well as several 'rural' Pradesiya sabhas.\n\nIt may also refer to the Colombo district.\n\nThe Colombo metropolitan area encompasses the whole of the Western Province.\n\n\nHistory\nColombo was known to Roman, Arab, and Chinese traders more than 2,000 years ago. Muslims settled there in the 8th century and controlled much of the trade between the Sinhalese kingdoms and the outside world.
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Out where and at which school?
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Where are you located??
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Er, weirdly enough, "columbine", the state flower of Colorado. And then I think of Columbine the school of the same name where some notorious shootings took place.\n\nAfter ten seconds, I notice the "lom" and think of the country in South America. Never once did drugs or coffee enter my head until I read the other answers :p
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The DeFeo story, spooky. In fact, I live about two miles away from the Amityville Horror House on Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. I drove past that house a million times. Also the gangstar Al Capone lived around the block from that house before he moved to Chicago to rule the mob there.
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Where are you located?
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Portillo.I guess. It's in Chile.
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wher are you located ?
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where are you talking about?
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You don't remember where it is?  Try searching on Yahoo.
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I don't remember! All I know is it was in the south, since he just went along the bottom. I agree that it was probably in Texas.\nThose poor sweet people!\nah, but it was funny though!
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Where are these places?
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I don't know, but it's apparently somewhere in Australia..\n\nCheck this out:\nhttp://www.gnomon.com.au/publications/bsd/990116.shtml
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no. don't know where that is. google it
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Columbo - he was weird and introverted but he was cool.
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Where did u hear this from? (place, person)
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Too easy, Audie Murphy.  Bonus question, who knows where is grave is at Arlington?