Sri Lankan

From Sri Lanka +‎ -an.

Sri Lankan (plural Sri Lankans)

1. A person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent.
   • 2024 September 22, Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly, “Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy”, in Reuters‎^[1]:

     Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation's worst financial crisis in decades.

Sri Lankan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people.
   • 2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters ​”, in The Guardian‎^[2], Guardian Media Group, retrieved 11 February 2022, Seascape: the state of our oceans:

     Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Sri Lankan

1. genitive singular of Sri Lanka

• IPA^(key): /srɪ.lanˈkaːn/

Sri Lankan (feminine singular Sri Lankana, plural Sri Lankani)

1. Sri Lankan (of, from or relating to Sri Lanka)

Sri Lankan m (plural Sri Lankani, feminine Sri Lankana)

1. Sri Lankan (native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka) (usually male)