Sri Lanka

Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy Lanka”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/, /sɹiˈlɑːŋkə/, /sɹiˈlæŋkə/^[1][2]

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"Sri" is originally a Sanskrit honorific (श्री, ISO: Śrī), originally pronounced [ɕriː]; the closest English phoneme to [ɕ] is /ʃ/, resulting in the approximation /ʃɹ/. The pronunciation with /sɹ/ also occurs in English as a spelling pronunciation and/or hyperforeignism. In Sinhalese, [sriː] may occur as an acceptable variant pronunciation, mainly in quick or informal speech, because [ɕ] is an uncommon phoneme in Sinhalese and is replaced with [s] in certain dialects.

Both stresses on the first and second syllables of "Lanka" are accepted, but the latter is closer to its native pronunciation.

Sri Lanka

2. An island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capital: Colombo.
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     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.

“Sri Lanka” has been the official name since 1972; prior to that it was Ceylon.

Place names are a source of controversy in Sri Lankan politics, in connection with the Sri Lankan Civil War, and some find “Sri Lanka” to be too Sinhalese. A Tamil name is Eelam, and some Tamil political parties retain “Ceylon” in their name, such as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress and the Ceylon Workers' Congress.

• Ceylon (no longer used)
• Serendib (archaic)
• Serendip (archaic)

• → Japanese: スリランカ (Suri Ranka)

• Appendix:Countries and territories of the world

• Names of Sri Lanka

• alkarsin

Sri Lanka f

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

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Sri Lanka f

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• Ceilan

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

From Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā).

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• srilankaner
• srilankisk

• IPA^(key): /sri ˈlɑŋ.kaː/

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Sri Lanka n

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

From Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “holy”) and लंका (laṃkā, “island”).

• IPA^(key): /sɹiː laʰŋ̊ka/

Sri Lanka n

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

From Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsri ˈlɑŋkɑ/, [ˈs̠ri ˈlɑ̝ŋkɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsriˌlɑŋkɑ/, [ˈs̠riˌlɑ̝ŋkɑ̝]

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

   Sri Lankan demokraattinen sosialistinen tasavalta

   Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

• IPA^(key): /sʁi lɑ̃.ka/

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Sri Lanka m

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• Srilankais
• srilankais

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Sri Lanka n (proper noun, genitive Sri Lankas or (optionally with an article) Sri Lanka)

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• Srilanker, Sri-Lanker, Sri Lanker
• srilankisch, sri-lankisch

From Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy island”).

• IPA^(key): [ˌsri ˈlaŋka]

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• “Sri Lanka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Sri Lanka m

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• Ceylon
• cingalese

From Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy island”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsri ˈlaŋka]

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

   Synonym: Seri Langka

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• srilanker
• srilankisk

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• srilankar
• srilankisk

• IPA^(key): /ˈsri ˈlaŋ.ka/

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• Syllabification: Sri Lan‧ka

Sri Lanka f

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• Sri Lanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Sri Lanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Sri Lanca, Seri Lanca

Sri Lanka m

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

   Synonyms: (former name) Ceilão, (archaic, poetic) Taprobana

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Sri Lanka n

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• IPA^(key): /esˌri ˈlanka/ [ezˌri ˈlãŋ.ka]

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Sri Lanka f

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

   Synonym: Sirilanka

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Sri Lanka n (genitive Sri Lankas)

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

• Sri Lanka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

• kilarnas, likarnas, siklarna

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Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)