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Colombo (other)
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo may also refer to: Places * Colombo (crater), lunar crater * Colombo Airport (other), two airports that serve Colombo, Sri Lanka * Colombo District, administrative district which includes Colombo, Sri Lanka * Colombo, Paraná, Brazil * Kollam, 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, Bagalini ''Colombo'', Italian ultralight aircraft design * MV Colombo Express, MV ''Colombo Express'', container ship * Colombo S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo
Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is situated within the Colombo metro area. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, retaining its capital status when Sri Lanka gained independence in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo FC
Colombo Football Club (Colombo FC) is a professional football club based in Colombo, that competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football. They are 3-time winners of the prestigious Dialog Champions League and also have won the 2015 FA Cup championship, defeating Blue Star SC 1–0 in the final on July 4 at the Sugathadasa Stadium. Colombo FC completed their Hat-trick of clinching the Dialog Champions League for the 2017/18 Sri Lanka Premier League, after defeating Renown SC 1–0 on 14 January 2018 at Race Course.The club's motto is "Pride of Colombo City" which was announced by the club founder & owner Saif Yusoof in 2017. In the Dialog Champions League 2018 edition, Colombo FC emerged as the Runner-up after defeating Navy Sea Hawks SC 4–0 on 13 February 2019 at the Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo. Colombo FC qualified for the 2019 AFC Cup after winning the Premier Championship on 2018. They played their Preliminary Stage match of the 2019 AF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo Street
Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial Capital city, capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Western Region Megapolis, Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is situated within the Colombo metro area. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province, Sri Lanka, Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, retaini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Colombo Express
''Colombo Express'' is a container ship. When launched in 2005, she was claimed by her owner to be the world's largest container ship, a title she held until ''Emma Mærsk'' was launched in 2006. ''Colombo Express'' holds , 730 refrigerated (reefer) TEUs, is long, and has a beam, or width, of . She is owned by the German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, and operated by its Hapag-Lloyd Container Line division. She is named for Colombo, the largest city in Sri Lanka, which the predecessor company, North American Lloyd, first called on in 1886. She is the first of eight proposed ''Colombo Express'' class vessels, and is only slightly larger (approximately 4%) than her ''Savannah Express'' class cousins, the (700 reefer) ships '' Savannah Express'' and '' Houston Express''. ''Colombo Express'' has a gross tonnage of 93,750 and had a deadweight capacity of 104,400 tonnes. Her rated speed is . Built in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2004–2005, she was christened on 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagalini Colombo
The Bagalini Colombo () is an Italian homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Marino Bagalini. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 126. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. Design and development The Colombo features a strut-braced parasol wing, a two-seats in side-by-side configuration open cockpit with a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear, or optional tricycle landing gear, and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from wood and metal, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing employs an RSG 35 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to an RSG 36 airfoil at the wing tip. The wing mounts Junkers ailerons and has a wing area of . The standard engine used is the Rotax 447 two-stroke powerplant. The Colombo has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo (horse)
Colombo (1931–1954) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire (horse), sire. In a career that lasted from April 1933 to June 1934 he ran eleven times and won nine races. Colombo was an outstanding two-year-old, unbeaten in seven races in 1933 and drawing comparisons with champions such as Isinglass (horse), Isinglass, Persimmon (horse), Persimmon and Bayardo (horse), Bayardo. In 1934 he maintained his unbeaten record by winning the Craven Stakes and the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket and then finished third as the favourite in Epsom Derby, The Derby. After one more unsuccessful race he was retired to Stud farm, stud, where he had some success as a sire of winners until his death in 1954. Background Colombo, a large, powerful, lop-eared horse with a "raking, effortless stride" was bred by the shipping magnate Black baronets, Sir Alec Black. He was bay (horse), bay with a white star (horse marking), star, a white sock (horse marking), sock on his left foreleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo (herb)
''Frasera caroliniensis'', commonly known as American columbo or yellow gentian, is a herbaceous perennial of the gentian family Gentianaceae found in the deciduous forest of Southern Ontario and throughout the eastern and southeastern United States.Horn, N. C. 1997. An ecological study of ''Frasera caroliniensis''. '' Castanea, journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society''. 62(3): 185–193. It was previously known as ''Swertia caroliniensis''. Description American columbo is a monocarpic perennial, meaning it flowers once after multiple seasons, and then dies. When it reaches the flowering stage, the 3 – 6 inch lanceolate leaves develop (usually in whorls of four) on a round elongated stem, and approximately 50 to 100 flowers will develop a panicle, with the fruits maturing soon after. The flowers that it produces are about 1 inch in diameter and folious (tall and "spike"-like), green to yellow with purple speckles. It is a perfect and complete flower, with four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo Yogurt
Colombo Yogurt was an American brand of yogurt first sold in 1929. It originated from a family business run by Rose and Sarkis Colombosian, Armenian immigrants who lived in Andover, Massachusetts. Yogurt was first commercially produced and sold in the United States in 1929 by the Colombosians, whose family business later became Colombo Yogurt. The yogurt produced by the Colombosians was based on traditional Armenian cooking methods. The business saw growth in the 1960s due to the increased awareness of the health benefits of yogurt. In 1993, Colombo Yogurt was purchased by General Mills. Termination On January 29, 2010, General Mills announced that it was dropping the Colombo brand to focus more on its Yoplait Yoplait ( , ) is a French dessert company and the world's largest franchise brand of yogurt. It is fully owned by the French dairy cooperative Sodiaal since 2021. In North America, the Canadian subsidiary was taken over by Sodiaal in 2025. Th ... yogurt. It ended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo Plan
The Colombo Plan is a regional intergovernmental organization that began operations on 1 July 1951. The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in January 1950, and was attended by the finance ministers of Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ceylon, Pakistan and New Zealand, and the prime ministers of Ceylon and India. Membership has expanded significantly over the years to the current 28 governments. The primary focus of its work is on the development of human resources in the south and southeast regions of Asia. Aid to education 1950 to 1983 came to $72 billion, of which $41 billion came from the United States. Host country of the Colombo Plan The Colombo Plan enjoys a host country agreement with the Government of Sri Lanka in the form of a memorandum of understanding with privileges and immunities that are afforded by the Government of Sri Lanka. In a speech m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo Dockyard
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) is a ship building company in Sri Lanka and it is based in Colombo. It has built both military and civilian vessels for both local and overseas clients. History Colombo Dockyard, established its operations in 1974 and is one of Sri Lanka's engineering facilities in the business of ship repair, ship building, heavy engineering and offshore engineering. It is situated within the Port of Colombo, thus having the benefits of a deep water harbor. As of April 2025, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) is negotiating to acquire a majority stake of Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC). MDL will reportedly purchase 51% stakes from Japan's Onomichi Dockyard Co. Ltd. after the continuous losses from CDPLC. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is expected by the end of the month. Facilities and operation Colombo Dockyard operates four graving drydocks, the largest one with a capacity of as well as repair berth facilities. It is accredited with the ISO 9001-2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo (crater)
Colombo is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that lies on the strip of rough continental terrain between Mare Fecunditatis to the east and Mare Nectaris in the west. It is located to the south of the crater Goclenius (crater), Goclenius, and northwest of Cook (crater), Cook, and is named for the late 15th and early 16th century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. The rim of Colombo is circular, although slightly indented along the northwest where Colombo A intrudes slightly into the interior. The inner wall is asymmetrical, being much more narrow to the north and northwest and wider to the southeast. The rim is somewhat eroded, and several tiny craterlets lie along the inner wall to the southeast. The small satellite Colombo B lies across the south-southwestern rim. Satellite craters By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Colombo. References * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo Crime Family
The Colombo crime family (, ) is an Italian American Mafia crime family and the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia. It was during Lucky Luciano's organization of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, following the assassinations of "Joe the Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci became recognized as the Profaci crime family. The family traces its roots to a bootlegging gang formed by Profaci in 1928. Profaci ruled his family without interruption or challenge until the late 1950s.Critchley, David. (2009''The origins of organized crime in America: the New York City mafia, 1891-1931'' Taylor & Francis. pp. 160-64. .Robbins, Michael W. and Palitz, Wendy (2001)''Brooklyn: a state of mind'' Workman Publishing. p. 104. The family has been torn by three internal wars. The first war took place during the late 1950s, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
