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Colombo: The name "Colombo", first introduced by the Portuguese in 1505, is believed to be derived from the classical Sinhalese name ඛොලන් ථොට Kolon thota, meaning "port on the river Kelani". It has also been suggested that the name may be derived from the Sinhalese name ඛොල-අම්බ-තොට Kola-amba-thota which ...
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities.. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms.
Port of Tallinn (Estonian: Tallinna Sadam) is the biggest port authority in Estonia. Taking into account both cargo and passenger traffic, it is one of the largest port enterprises of the Baltic Sea. Port seen in the morning in 2010. Port of Tallinn is a publicly listed company managing five constituent ports (two of them in Tallinn):
Tallinn [5] [a] is the capital and most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 457,000 (as of 2024) [2] and administratively lies in the Harju maakond (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural ...
Name Location (island in brackets) Sea area Manager Ferry service destination(s) Abruka Abruka, Saaremaa Parish (Abruka) Gulf of Riga: AS Saarte Liinid Roomassaare: Aegna* Kesklinn, Tallinn Gulf of Finland: Tallinn Transport Department Tallinn (Patareisadam) Bekker Põhja-Tallinn, Tallinn: Gulf of Finland OÜ Tallinna Bekkeri Sadam Dirhami
Pages in category "People from Tallinn" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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A weather vane, the figure of an old warrior called Old Thomas was put on top of the spire of Tallinn Town Hall in 1530. According to the legend, the model for the weather vane was a peasant boy from the countryside who excelled at the springtime contests involving firing crossbow bolts at a painted wooden parrot on top of a pole , organized by ...