Etymology

Moratuwa

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Today it means: Negombo, suburb of Colombo and a city in Sri Lanka Full definition →

Sinhalese මොරටුව
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The story

  1. Sinhalese · borrowed fromමොරටුව
  2. English todayMoratuwa

From Sinhalese මොරටුව (moraṭuwa).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.