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'''CHILAUW(now Chilaw)''' | '''CHILAUW(now Chilaw)''' | ||
[[File:chilauw.jpg|center]] | [[File:chilauw.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
====Origin/meaning | ===Official blazon=== | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show a single Dutch merchant ships. The meaning thereof I do not know. | The arms show a single Dutch merchant ships. The meaning thereof I do not know. | ||
The above image dates from a manuscript dating from 1717/1720. The town currently does not use arms. | The above image dates from a manuscript dating from 1717/1720. The town currently does not use arms. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Silva, de and Beumer, Illustrations and views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796, 1988. | [[Literature]] : Silva, de and Beumer, Illustrations and views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796, 1988. | ||
[[Category:Sri Lanka]] | [[Category:Sri Lanka]] |
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