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Kotte

Kotte is the ellipsis of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

Meaning of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Proper noun

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

  1. The administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo.
    Synonyms:
    Kotte

Origin of Kotte

From Sinhalese කෝට්ටේ (kōṭṭē) or Tamil கோட்டே (kōṭṭē).

Phrases with Kotte

Questions about Kotte

What is Kotte the ellipsis of?
Kotte is the ellipsis of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

Words near Kotte in the dictionary

  1. Kotsur
  2. Kott
  3. Kotta
  4. kottabos
  5. Kottayam
  6. Kotte
  7. Kottefaru
  8. Kottenbrook
  9. Kottenbrooks
  10. Kotter
  11. Kotters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kotte (page history and authors); Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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