2) Ceylon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ceylon, see Sri Lanka....

3) Anarajapura. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Anarajapura, see Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka....

4) Jaffna. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Jaffna, (jafīn) (KEY) , peninsula, northernmost part of Sri Lanka, separated from India by Palk Strait. The peninsula is densely inhabited, largely by Tamil-speaking...

5) Colombo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Colombo, (klumībo) (KEY) , largest city (1995 est. pop. 750,000) and capital of Sri Lanka, a port on the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the Kelani River. The original...

6) Negombo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Negombo, (nagomībo) (KEY) , town (1991 est. pop. 65,000) W Sri Lanka, at the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon. Chiefly noted for its ceramics and brassware, it is also...

7) Pollonarrua. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pollonarrua, or Polonnaruwa (both: polīnrooī ) (KEY) , ruined ancient city, NE Sri Lanka. Pollonarrua, beautifully situated on a lake, was once the most splendid...

8) Kandy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kandy, (kanīde) (KEY) , city (1995 est. pop. 108,000), capital of Central prov., Sri Lanka, on the Kandy Plateau. Once the capital of the Sinhalese Kandyan kingdom,...

9) Galle. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Galle, (gal) (KEY) , city (1995 est. pop. 87,000), capital of Southern prov., extreme S Sri Lanka, on the Indian Ocean. An agricultural market center, it exports...

10) Ondaatje, Michael. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ondaatje, Michael, () (KEY) , 1943-, Canadian writer, b. Colombo, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). Emigrating (1962) to Canada, he attended the Univ. of Toronto (B.A., 1965)...