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colossus meaning in Tamil

கொலோசஸ்

/kəˈlɒs.əs/US/kəˈlɑ.səs/

colossus in Tamil: கொலோசஸ், கோலோசஸ், கொலொசஸ். In English, colossus means a statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Tamil words for colossus

கொலோசஸ், கோலோசஸ், கொலொசஸ்

English meaning of colossus

  1. noun A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
  2. noun Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
  3. noun Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.

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Questions about colossus in Tamil

What is the meaning of colossus in Tamil?
Colossus in Tamil is கொலோசஸ், கோலோசஸ், கொலொசஸ்.
colossus என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Colossus: கொலோசஸ், கோலோசஸ், கொலொசஸ்.
What does colossus mean in English?
Colossus means a statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Tamil words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “colossus”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: colossus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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