Colombon.
/kəˈlʌmbəʊ/, U.S. /kəˈləmboʊ/ Applied attributively to a plan for the development of south and south-east Asia recommended by the British Commonwealth Conference held at Colombo in 1950, or to the countries involved.
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1950 Times 29 Nov. 3/1 The Colombo Plan for Co-Operative Economic Development in South and South-East Asia was published yesterday as a White Paper.
1954 N.Y. Times 27 June E5/2 The task of enlisting the help of new Asian states, more recently known as the ‘Colombo powers’—India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Indonesia—was taken over by Anthony Eden.
1957 Times 12 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. ii/1 Under the auspices of the Colombo Plan..we and others have pledged ourselves to draw on our resources and our technical knowledge to help those among our peoples in the Commonwealth who have yet to share in the benefits of modern science and technology.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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