Sri Lanka en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā) / ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy Lanka”).
Meanings
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An island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capitals: Colombo and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
Sri Lanka has asked the IMO to classify plastic pellets as toxic substances, and Vanuatu is calling for better reporting of containers lost at sea.
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Deriveds
Sri Lanka bay owl · Sri Lankan · Sri Lanka hill myna · Singlish · Sri Lanka bush warbler · srilankite
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (134)
da Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · luy Srilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · dv އޮޅުދޫކަރަ (an island and country in South Asia) · be Шры-Ланка́ (an island and country in South Asia) · cs Srí Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · fa-ira سِریلانْکا (an island and country in South Asia) · mk Шри Ланка (an island and country in South Asia) · ki Srilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · sd سري لنڪا (an island and country in South Asia) · ab Шри-Ланка (an island and country in South Asia) · luo Srilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · si ශ්රී ලංකාව (an island and country in South Asia) · el Σρι Λάνκα (an island and country in South Asia) · ru Шри-Ланка́ (an island and country in South Asia) · tl Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · gu શ્રીલંકા (an island and country in South Asia) · as শ্ৰীলংকা (an island and country in South Asia) · fi Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · nrf Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · inc-ash 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀁𑀦𑀺 (an island and country in South Asia) · tl Sri Langka (an island and country in South Asia) · my သီဟိုဠ် (an island and country in South Asia) · ug سرىلانكا (an island and country in South Asia) · sat ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ (an island and country in South Asia) · sw Sirilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · sh Шри̑ Ла̑нка (an island and country in South Asia) · kn ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾ (an island and country in South Asia) · dz ཤྲཱྀ་ལངཀ (an island and country in South Asia) · tg Шри-Ланка (an island and country in South Asia) · fo Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · ps سريلانکا (an island and country in South Asia) · si ශ්රී ලංකා (an island and country in South Asia) · lo ສີລັງກາ (an island and country in South Asia) · bo སེང་ག་གླིང (an island and country in South Asia) · uk Шрі-Ланка́ (an island and country in South Asia) · sl Šrilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · az Şri-Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · hi सिंघल (an island and country in South Asia) · is Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · lt Šri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · sa श्री लङ्का (an island and country in South Asia) · shn ႀီႇႁူဝ်ႇ (an island and country in South Asia) · my သီရိလင်္ကာ (an island and country in South Asia) · tt Шри-Ланка (an island and country in South Asia) · te శ్రీలంక (an island and country in South Asia) · vi Tích Lan (an island and country in South Asia) · es Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · ky Шри-Ланка (an island and country in South Asia) · sv Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · he סְרִי לַנְקָה (an island and country in South Asia) · ka შრი-ლანკა (an island and country in South Asia) · pl Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · ar سِرِيلَانْكَا (an island and country in South Asia) · ko 스리랑카 (an island and country in South Asia) · it Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · dv ސިރީލަންކާ (an island and country in South Asia) · hy Շրի Լանկա (an island and country in South Asia) · pa ਸ੍ਰੀ ਲੰਕਾ (an island and country in South Asia) · sa सिंहल (an island and country in South Asia) · ang Deprobane (an island and country in South Asia) · ja スリランカ (an island and country in South Asia) · is Srí Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · vi Xri Lan-ca (an island and country in South Asia) · af Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · ar سَرَنْدِيب (an island and country in South Asia) · kam Srilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · be Шры-Ла́нка (an island and country in South Asia) · ms Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · la Srilanca (an island and country in South Asia) · uz Shri-Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · tk Şri-Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · nn Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · bn শ্রীলঙ্কা (an island and country in South Asia) · sd سريلنڪا (an island and country in South Asia) · kln Srilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · fr Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · de Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · kmr Srî Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · km ស្រីលង្កា (an island and country in South Asia) · iu ᔅᕇ ᓛᓐᑲ (an island and country in South Asia) · sk Srí Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · za Swhlijlanzgaj (an island and country in South Asia) · hi सिंहल (an island and country in South Asia) · yi סרי לאַנקאַ (an island and country in South Asia) · ha Siri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · eo Lanko (an island and country in South Asia) · lv Šrilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · cmn 斯里蘭卡 (an island and country in South Asia) · eo Sri-Lanko (an island and country in South Asia) · nl Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · yo Siri Láńkà (an island and country in South Asia) · ast Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · mi Hīraka (an island and country in South Asia) · ml ശ്രീലങ്ക (an island and country in South Asia) · ca Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · mt Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · sq Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · bg Шри Ла́нка (an island and country in South Asia) · sa श्रीलङ्का (an island and country in South Asia) · ta ஈழம் (an island and country in South Asia) · ia Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · shn သီႇႁူဝ်ႇ (an island and country in South Asia) · yue 斯里蘭卡 (an island and country in South Asia) · la Tāprobanē (an island and country in South Asia) · mer Srilanka (an island and country in South Asia) · mn Шри-Ланка (an island and country in South Asia) · syc ܣܝܪܢܕܝܒ (an island and country in South Asia) · nb Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · gl Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · nv Swii Lankʼa (an island and country in South Asia) · sh Šrȋ Lȃnka (an island and country in South Asia) · et Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · ru Шри-Ла́нка (an island and country in South Asia) · ro Sri Lanca (an island and country in South Asia) · khb ᦟᧂᦂᦱ (an island and country in South Asia) · hu Srí Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · th ศรีลังกา (an island and country in South Asia) · hi श्रीलङ्का (an island and country in South Asia) · shn သီႇရီႉလင်ႇၵႃႇ (an island and country in South Asia) · mr श्रीलंका (an island and country in South Asia) · ga Srí Lanca (an island and country in South Asia) · ur سِری لَن٘کا (an island and country in South Asia) · ms Seri Langka (an island and country in South Asia) · eo Srilanko (an island and country in South Asia) · pt Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · hi श्रीलंका (an island and country in South Asia) · tr Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · kk Шри-Ланка (an island and country in South Asia) · ar سَيْلَان (an island and country in South Asia) · ta இலங்கை (an island and country in South Asia) · am ሽሪ ላንካ (an island and country in South Asia) · br Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia) · grc Ταπροβάνη (an island and country in South Asia) · fa-ira سَرَنْدیپ (an island and country in South Asia)
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