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'''COLOMBO''' | '''COLOMBO''' | ||
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===Official blazon=== | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show a type of mango tree, as a canting symbol, the name was supposedly derived from Kol-amba, the name of the tree in Sinhalese. To the tree a small pigeon was added as a Christian canting symbol (from the Latin columba or pigeon). When the above arms were adopted is not known. The above image dates from a manuscript dating from 1717/1720. | The arms show a type of mango tree, as a canting symbol, the name was supposedly derived from Kol-amba, the name of the tree in Sinhalese. To the tree a small pigeon was added as a Christian canting symbol (from the Latin columba or pigeon). When the above arms were adopted is not known. The above image dates from a manuscript dating from 1717/1720. | ||
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