AWAKENNING CITY ' COLOMBO.'

Meaning of Colombo is green mangoes.in ancient colombo near the ferry  there has been some green mango trees.due that people called this city as Colombo [green mangoes ].first portuguese sailors built a little fort in Colombo.then dutch sailors made the city bigger.finally British captured the fort and they developed the city with a proper port and made this wonderful city as the Capitol of Ceylon,[Ceylon is the old name of Srilanka used by British ].