Sri Lanka

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/, /sɹiˈlɑːŋkə/, /sɹiˈlæŋkə/[1][2]
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It should be noted that the Sanskrit honorific that the "Sri" comes from (श्री, ISO: Śrī) is pronounced [ɕriː], and while this pronunciation is preserved in Sinhalese, the closest English phoneme that best fits [ɕ] is /ʃ/, resulting in the approximation /ʃɹ/. /sɹ/ in English results from ignoring or dropping the diacritic on ⟨s⟩ in the romanization ⟨śrī⟩. In Sinhalese, [sriː] may occur as an acceptable variant pronunciation only in quick, uneducated 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.

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Usage notes

“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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

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References

  1. "Sri Lanka" in several reference works
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Anagrams

Asturian

Proper noun

Sri Lanka f

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sri Lanka f

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

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Danish

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sri Lanka n

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

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɹiː laʰŋ̊ka/

Proper noun

Sri Lanka n

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

Declension

Inflection of Sri Lanka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Sri Lanka
genitive Sri Lankan
partitive Sri Lankaa
illative Sri Lankaan
singular plural
nominative Sri Lanka
accusative nom. Sri Lanka
gen. Sri Lankan
genitive Sri Lankan
partitive Sri Lankaa
inessive Sri Lankassa
elative Sri Lankasta
illative Sri Lankaan
adessive Sri Lankalla
ablative Sri Lankalta
allative Sri Lankalle
essive Sri Lankana
translative Sri Lankaksi
abessive Sri Lankatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Sri Lanka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sri Lankani
accusative nom. Sri Lankani
gen. Sri Lankani
genitive Sri Lankani
partitive Sri Lankaani
inessive Sri Lankassani
elative Sri Lankastani
illative Sri Lankaani
adessive Sri Lankallani
ablative Sri Lankaltani
allative Sri Lankalleni
essive Sri Lankanani
translative Sri Lankakseni
abessive Sri Lankattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sri Lankasi
accusative nom. Sri Lankasi
gen. Sri Lankasi
genitive Sri Lankasi
partitive Sri Lankaasi
inessive Sri Lankassasi
elative Sri Lankastasi
illative Sri Lankaasi
adessive Sri Lankallasi
ablative Sri Lankaltasi
allative Sri Lankallesi
essive Sri Lankanasi
translative Sri Lankaksesi
abessive Sri Lankattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sri Lankamme
accusative nom. Sri Lankamme
gen. Sri Lankamme
genitive Sri Lankamme
partitive Sri Lankaamme
inessive Sri Lankassamme
elative Sri Lankastamme
illative Sri Lankaamme
adessive Sri Lankallamme
ablative Sri Lankaltamme
allative Sri Lankallemme
essive Sri Lankanamme
translative Sri Lankaksemme
abessive Sri Lankattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sri Lankanne
accusative nom. Sri Lankanne
gen. Sri Lankanne
genitive Sri Lankanne
partitive Sri Lankaanne
inessive Sri Lankassanne
elative Sri Lankastanne
illative Sri Lankaanne
adessive Sri Lankallanne
ablative Sri Lankaltanne
allative Sri Lankallenne
essive Sri Lankananne
translative Sri Lankaksenne
abessive Sri Lankattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Sri Lankansa
accusative nom. Sri Lankansa
gen. Sri Lankansa
genitive Sri Lankansa
partitive Sri Lankaansa
inessive Sri Lankassaan
Sri Lankassansa
elative Sri Lankastaan
Sri Lankastansa
illative Sri Lankaansa
adessive Sri Lankallaan
Sri Lankallansa
ablative Sri Lankaltaan
Sri Lankaltansa
allative Sri Lankalleen
Sri Lankallensa
essive Sri Lankanaan
Sri Lankanansa
translative Sri Lankakseen
Sri Lankaksensa
abessive Sri Lankattaan
Sri Lankattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

compounds

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʁi lɑ̃.ka/
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Proper noun

Sri Lanka m

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

Derived terms

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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)

Declension

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsri ˈlaŋka]

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

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Further reading

Italian

Proper noun

Sri Lanka m

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

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Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsri ˈlaŋka]

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sri ˈlaŋ.ka/
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  • Rhymes: -aŋka

Proper noun

Sri Lanka f

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

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sɾiˈlɐ̃.kɐ/, /si.ɾiˈlɐ̃.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sɾiˈlɐ̃.ka/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɾi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ/, /sɨˈɾi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ/

Proper noun

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

Derived terms

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sri Lanka n

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Sri Lanka f

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

Swahili

Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sri Lanka n (genitive Sri Lankas)

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

Turkish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sri Lanka

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

Declension

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