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

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  • 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.

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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.

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“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.

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  1. ^ "Sri Lanka" in several reference works
  2. ^ (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 19 February 2010, archived from the original on 2013-11-01

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Sri Lanka f

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

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

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

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

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

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Sri Lanka n

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

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

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Sri Lanka n

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

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From Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa).

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

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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

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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

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Sri Lanka m

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

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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)

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

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

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

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

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Sri Lanka

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

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

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

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

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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)

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  • IPA(key): /esˌri ˈlanka/ [ezˌri ˈlãŋ.ka]
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  1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

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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)

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